Whether a corporate, investor, financial institution or other stakeholder, Baker McKenzie advises clients on complex legal and commercial issues to maximize deal certainty and secure the intended value of transactions. Significant deals that Baker McKenzie lawyers have handled over the past several months include:
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. – Advised Berkshire Hathaway on its USD 10 billion investment in Alphabet Inc. equity through a private placement of Class A Common Stock and Class C Capital Stock. Lead lawyer(s): Judith Kitano (Los Angeles); Tyler Hilton (Los Angeles). Click here to find out more. In a separate transaction, we advised Berkshire Hathaway on its acquisition of Taylor Morrison, representing a total enterprise value of USD 8.5 billion. Lead lawyer: Michael Greaney (Los Angeles). Find out more here.
BizLink Holding Inc. – Advised BizLink Holding on its acquisition of Interplex Datacom, a division of Ennovi, from funds managed by Blackstone Inc. and its affiliates for an enterprise value of USD 850 million. Lead lawyer(s): Gwyneth Gu (Taipei); Jun Chen (Taipei). Learn more here.
BMC Software Inc. – Advised BMC Software on the global carve-out and sale of a majority stake in its digital service and operations management business, Helix, to Montagu Private Equity. Lead lawyer: Rakesh Rathod (London). Click here to learn more about the deal.
CDP Foundation – Advised CDP Foundation on its transformative investment and strategic reorganisation involving global investment firm Permira. Lead lawyer(s): Nick Bryans (London); Natalie Dunne (London).
FedEx – Advised FedEx Corp. on the USD 1.4 billion sale of FedEx Supply Chain to CMA CGM Group. Lead lawyer(s): William Rowe (Chicago); Michael DeFranco (Chicago). Click here to find out more.
Mitsui Chemicals – Advised Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. on its approximately USD 900 million acquisition of Ultradent Products, Inc. through Mitsui Chemicals America. Lead lawyer(s): Kiyoshi Endo (Tokyo); Seiji Tomimoto (Tokyo). Find out more about this deal here.
Pentair – Advising Pentair on its USD 1.4 billion acquisition of Taco Group Holdings. Lead lawyer(s): Rakesh Rathod (London); Sam McDonald (London). Click here to find out more.
Synaptics Incorporated – Advising Synaptics Incorporated on its proposed USD 7 billion acquisition by onsemi in an all-stock transaction. Lead lawyer(s): Leif King (Palo Alto); Aarthi Belani (Palo Alto); Derek Liu (San Francisco); Piotr Korzynski (Chicago). Learn more here.
Vitabiotics – Advising Professor Ajit Lalvani on the sale of Vitabiotics, one of the world’s most recognized independent, science-led nutraceutical companies, to Bain Capital. Lead lawyer: David Scott (London). Find out more here.
Zhipu AI – Advised the sole placing agent on Zhipu AI’s approximately USD 4 billion placement of new H shares. Lead lawyer(s): Dan Ouyang (Hong Kong); Winfield Lau (Hong Kong); Robin Liu (Hong Kong). Learn more about the deal here.