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Emily Abbott
Associate
emily.abbott@freshfields.com
Washington, DC: +1 202 777 4742
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Emily is an associate in our Antitrust, Competition, and Trade practice, based in Washington, DC.

Emily advises clients on the antitrust aspects of multinational mergers and acquisitions, litigation and investigations, and corporate compliance. She helps clients navigate a variety of issues, including pre-merger notification requirements, merger and conduct investigations, and antitrust counselling.

Prior to joining Freshfields, Emily worked as a legal intern at the Court of Federal Claims and in the research office of a university and a design firm. During law school, she was Notes Editor for the Virginia Journal of International Law and a member of the Innocence Project pro bono clinic.

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Emily's experience includes advising:

  • eBay on its $1.2B acquisition of Depop
  • Standard BioTools on the sale of its SomaLogic business to Illumina
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise on its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks
  • Crowdstrike on its acquisition of Onum
  • Sonoco on the $1.8B sale of its Thermoformed and Flexibles Packaging business to TOPPAN and the sale of its temperature-assured packaging business to Arsenal Capital Partners
  • Infineon on its $2.5B acquisition of Marvell's automotive ethernet business  
  • eBay on its simultaneous acquisition of Goldin Auctions LLC, sale of the eBay Vault to Collectors Universe, Inc. and ongoing commercial relationship with Collectors
  • Sonoco on its $3.9B acquisition of Eviosys
  • Sandvik on its acquisition of PDQ Workholding LLC
  • Blackstone portfolio company, Schenck Process Group, on the sale of its food and performance materials business to Hillenbrand, Inc. 
  • Sonoco on its acquisition of the remaining equity interest in its joint venture with the WestRock Company, RTS Packaging, and one paper mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • eBay on its acquisition of Certilogo
  • Verlinvest SA in connection with a comprehensive financing by Oatly Group AB

Emily Abbott
Associate
emily.abbott@freshfields.com

T +1 202 777 4742

Washington, DC Office

700 13th Street, NW

10th Floor

Washington, DC 20005-3960
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