Freshfields Advises Adobe on its Acquisition of Topaz Labs

Global law firm Freshfields advised Adobe Inc. (Nasdaq: ADBE) on its acquisition of Topaz Labs, an AI company specializing in industry-leading video and image enhancement models. With Topaz Labs, Adobe will expand its video and image model offerings with state-of-the-art AI enhancement models in Adobe Firefly, Firefly Services and Creative Cloud apps, giving creators, designers, video professionals, photographers and enterprises the tools to achieve exceptional quality across every format and workflow. Learn more about this transaction here.

The Freshfields team was led by Partner Aly Love, Senior Associate Marton Mohacsi and Associates Richard Bae Gong and Juliet Kim with support from Joshua Rudd and Cali Sullivan. Partner Heather Brookfield, Counsel Ajay Athavale, Senior Associate Cynthia Yuan and Associate Emily Shaw advised on executive compensation and benefits matters; Partner Mena Kaplan and Associates Rhea Khakhria, Eli Merkadeau and Dijia Chen advised on intellectual property matters; Partner Joe Soltis and Associate Hannah Golden advised on tax matters; Partner Rikki Haria, Special Counsel Charles Ramsey, Senior Associates Alexandra Ampudia and Justin Chen and Associates Sarah Mitchell, Alex Nickol and Justine Reisler advised on antitrust and FDI matters; Partner Stephanie Brown Cripps, Senior Associate Noah Lipkowitz and Associate Keian Razipour advised on international trade and sanctions matters; Senior Associate Christine Chong and Associate Yusuf Tarr advised on data privacy matters.