Freshfields is representing Celsius Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CELH) on its acquisition of Alani Nutrition LLC (“Alani Nu”) for $1.8 billion. The transaction will combine two growing, scaled brands in the U.S. energy drink category and enhance Celsius’s position as an innovator in the category. Learn more about this transaction here.

The Freshfields deal team is led by partners Sanjay Murti and Ethan Klingsberg and includes senior associates Abigail Hathaway and Hugh Goodwin and associates Nana Kessie, Mila Amstislavskaya and Johnathan Sargent. Partner Kyle Lakin and associates Nicholas Mack and Sarah Schelling are advising on the acquisition financing; partner Mena Kaplan, senior associate Marissa Yu and associate Zachary Leonard are advising on intellectual property matters; partners Meghan Rissmiller and Christine Wilson, special counsels Charles Ramsey and Nina Frant, senior associate William Cooke and associates Ioana-Virginia Motoc and Claire Wolter are advising on antitrust and other regulatory matters; partner Michael Levitt and counsel Tracy Zhang are advising on capital markets matters; partner Sarah Ghulamhussain and associates Juan Pastor and Lina Zhu are advising on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner Claude Stansbury, senior associate Joshua Critchlow and associate Jessica Berman are advising on tax matters; partners Brock Dahl and Christine Lyon and associate Madeline Cimino are advising on privacy and data security matters; counsel Jeremiah Nelson and associate Casey Hagen are advising on real estate matters; and partner Stephanie Brown Cripps and associate Alice Jeon are advising on sanctions and export control matters.