Asama L. Itseumah
Biography
Asama Itseumah is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Transactional Group. Prior to joining the Firm, Asama practiced corporate law in Chicago and Michigan.
In law school, he externed for the Hon. Ann Claire Williams at the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago and at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement. He also served as a Senior Editor of the Loyola University Chicago International Law Review.
Practice Focus
Asama advises public and private companies in matters of domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance and commercial contracting.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Ecolab Inc. in its USD 3.7 billion acquisition of Purolite, a provider of high-end ion exchange resins for separation and purification solutions.
- Advised Seiko Epson in its USD 591 million acquisition of Fiery, LLC a provider of printing related software.
- Advised AbbVie in its USD 215 million asset sale of mature brand Pylera to Juvise Pharmaceutical.
- Advised LiveRamp in its USD 200 million acquisition of data startup Habu.
- Advised Silvaco in its acquisition of Tech-X Corporation, a provider of multi-physics simulation software.
- Advised Instacart in its acquisition of Wynshop, a provider of e-commerce solutions.
- Advised Uniphore in its acquisitions of ActionIQ and Infoworks.
- Advised Agiloft, Inc., a data-first contract lifecycle management company, in its sale of a majority stake to KKR.
- Advised ALDI in its acquisition of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket as part of a larger divestiture of Southeastern Grocers to various entities.
- Advised ServiceNow, Inc. in its acquisition of G2K Group GmbH, technology company in the artificial intelligence and IoT space in the retail industry.
- Advised Tietoevry Oyj in its acquisition of MentorMate, a digital engineering company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Advised Willamette Management Associates in its acquisition by Citizens Financial Group.
- Advised Sims Metal Management in its acquisition of metal recycler Atlantic Recycling Group.
- Advised Embracer Group in its acquisitions of Aionic Labs and Limited Run Games.
- Advised DECA Games in its acquisition of Gaea’s mobile studio, Jufeng.
- Advised Benesse Holdings in its sale of Berlitz Corporation, a language education and leadership training company to ILSC Holdings.
- Advised Hyland Software, a portfolio company Thoma Bravo in the sale of its LawLogix division to Equifax.
- Advised Sekisui Chemical in its sale of XenoTech to BioIVT. Advised Stryker in its asset sale of the Juvenile Tumor System to Onkos Surgical.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Chicago Bar Association
Admissions
- Illinois~United States
- Michigan~United States
- California~United States
Education
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law (JD) (2017)
- Northern Illinois University (BA) (2013)
Languages
- English
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