Our sector experience
Baker McKenzie acted as lead counsel for Acorda Therapeutics, formerly a public company listed on NASDAQ, in its USD 185 million sale of substantially all its assets to Merz Therapeutics.
The sale was implemented under the protection of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that involved the restructuring of USD 207 million in secured public bond debt pursuant to a Restructuring Support Agreement pursuant to a Chapter 11 Plan and a going-concern section 363 sale of INBRIJA, AMPYRA, and FAMPYRA.
Acorda Therapeutics
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Global video-sharing, social networking and gaming company
Advised on key employee integration issues across 60 countries related to a major acquisition.
AI research and development company
Advised on disputes with users arising from enforcement of content moderation policies in over ten disputes before civil and criminal courts.
Global accommodation platform
Assisted a with a high-level pan-European tax audit conducted across 134 countries at the same time for different types of taxes.
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Baker McKenzie advised Kantar Group, a leading global market research company headquartered in London and owned by Bain Capital and WPP plc, on the sale of Kantar Media to H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm.
The deal will mark a new chapter for Kantar Media as it embarks on an exciting phase of growth and innovation, with a renewed focus on delivering cutting-edge insights to clients across the content and advertising landscapes. The company, which operates in over 60 markets, is uniquely positioned to shape the measurement ecosystem with a broad portfolio of solutions that spans audience measurement and data analytics as well as media planning and validation.
Kantar Media USD 1 billion
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Global provider of connecting technologies
Led on the international employment aspects of its first and largest reduction in force advising on the approach across 35+ jurisdictions.
Embracer Group USD 247 million
Represented the client in its divestiture of certain assets from Saber Interactive for USD 247 million.
Global technology giant
Obtained a favorable court decision in a challenge against the French Tax Authority’s allegations in a case worth over EUR 1 billion.
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We advised S&P Global on its USD 44 billion merger with IHS Markit across more than 40 jurisdictions.
We were appointed lead counsel for post-acquisition integration work and various employment, compensation and benefits matters related to the integration.
Our assistance on the complex deal included aspects of the pre-merger structuring, intra-group funding steps and immediate post-merger cash repatriation steps, designing and implementing post-merger legal entity integration and rationalization.
This was one of the most complex deals done in 2022, taking over a year to complete.
S&P Global
USD 44 billion
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