About
Andrea is a Partner in Freshfields’ Corporate and M&A practice and is the recruiting Chair for the firm’s US offices. Andrea advises domestic and international corporates, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and other market participants on M&A, joint ventures, debt and equity investments and co-invests.
She also advises on corporate governance, disclosure and securities law matters for public companies and for investors in public and private companies. Andrea has been recognized as a “Top Woman in Dealmaking” by The Deal, and shortlisted for “Lawyer of the Year” by Woman in Business Law and is listed among leading lawyers for M&A and capital markets by IFLR1000 and Lawdragon. Andrea received a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2002.
Additional Information
- Advising leading sovereign wealth funds on their global investment programs, including:
- Investment rounds in growth companies in the U.S.;
- Direct investments, co-investments and co-underwrites in broader M&A transactions involving, among others, Advent, BlackRock, Blackstone, Silver Lake and TPG.
- FEMSA on the sale of its refrigeration and foodservice equipment operations to Mill Point Capital Partners.
- ABB on its acquisition of SEAM Group.
- Sandvik AB on its acquisition of GWS Tool Group.
- Li-Cycle on its Series C financing, business combination with SPAC Peridot Acquisition Corp. and related PIPE transactions, convertible notes issuances to Koch, LG and Glencore Ltd. and sale of assets to Glencore Ltd.
- Google on its:
- $1 billion PIPE investment in CME.
- $4.5 billion transaction with Jio Platforms, including investment and governance arrangements, and commercial agreements to develop an affordable smartphone with an optimized operating system.
- follow-on investment in SpaceX.
- Softbank’s equity investment in Loon, a subsidiary of Alphabet.
- investment in Isomorphic.
- Stanley Black & Decker on numerous matters, including:
- the $3.2 billion sale of its electronic security solutions and healthcare solutions businesses to Securitas.
- as a stockholder of Evolv Technology on its $1.25 billion business combination with SPAC NewHold Investment Corp.
- its $1.4 billion sale of its Hardware & Home Improvement Group to Spectrum Brands.
- Stanley Ventures on multiple equity investments in companies developing disruptive technologies, including Evolv Technology, Active Guardian, Dome Zero, Occo, Dynamic Green Products, Triditive, Foresite Healthcare, Evolve Additive Solutions, GTP Services, Fabric8 Labs, 3xLOGIC, ConnectMyEV, ARIX Technologies, Veloxint, Red Point Positioning, Prieto Battery, Pillo Health and FreeWire Technologies.
- British Petroleum on the investment by Castrol in Gogoro Inc.
- América Móvil on its:
- sale of Claro Panama to Liberty Latin America affiliate.
- formation of telecom JV with Liberty Latin America in Chile.
- Honeywell on its:
- combination of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum Computing and acquisition of a majority stake in the combined company.
- subsequent equity raises for Quantinuum.
- Stagwell Media on its:
- combination with MDC Partners, pursuant to which Stagwell acquired a 69% interest in MDC through an “Up-C” transaction structure.
- $108 million debut secondary offering.
- AllianzX on its Series C investment in Coterie Insurance.
- Plenty on its $680m joint venture with Mawarid.
- The Finance of America Companies on its $30 million PIPE equity raise.
- Special Committee of Independent Directors of Emerald Holding on a $400 million convertible preferred stock PIPE led by Onex Corporation.
- Americold on its $1.74 billion acquisition of Agro Merchants Group from Oaktree Capital.
- Qatar Investment Authority on its initial and follow-on investments in Beta Technologies, Inc.
- EQT Growth Fund as:
- lead investor in the Series F financing round of Gympass.
- co-lead investor in the Series E financing round of TravelPerk.
- General Atlantic on its:
- investment in Butternut Box.
- investment through its BeyondNetZero climate-focused fund in Sun King.
- investment in Reliance Health.
- investment in Matillion.
- Alpha Dhabi on its:
- acquisition of a stake in Gordon Technologies.
- JV with ADNOC to invest in oilfield services technologies and acquisition of an additional equity stake in Gordon Technologies.
- CVC Capital Partners on its $150 million investment in The Women's Tennis Association.
- Volkswagen on several matters, including:
- as the largest stockholder of QuantumScape Corporation on QuantumScape’s $3.3 billion business combination with SPAC Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp.
- its investment in, and strategic partnership and related licensing arrangements with, 24M Technologies.
- as significant minority shareholder, as well as the other shareholders, of Austrian e-mobility provider has.to.be gmbh on its $295 million sale to NYSE-listed ChargePoint in exchange for cash and US public company stock.
- Rio Tinto on its investment in Terra CO2.
- General Dynamics Land Systems on its Series C investment in Epirus.
- Uber on its investment in Grupo Moove.
- Goldfinch Partners on its $125 million investment in Vesta.
- Universal Music Group on the $3.4 billion sale of 10% of its equity by parent Vivendi to Tencent and related option for Tencent Music to acquire a minority stake in Universal Music's greater China business.
- SPAC PepperLime Health Acquisition Corp. on its $150 million IPO and listing on Nasdaq.
- MercadoLibre on its 2019 PIPE financing with Dragoneer.
- Brookfield Asset Management on its multi-tranche investment in Hospitality Investors Trust, a public REIT, including a novel structure in which Brookfield made its PIPE investment directly into the operating subsidiary of the REIT.
- Numerous domestic and international corporate and shareholder clients on investment, corporate governance and securities offering related matters, including QIA, Carbo Ceramics, Evertec, New Media, American Express, Temasek Holdings, Goldman Sachs, Viking Global Investors, The Hartford and others.
"Ranked among the top 500 dealmakers in the United States."
— Lawdragon 500 | 2023
Andrea Merediz Basham
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