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Max advises clients on some of the most consequential cross-border and domestic transactions in the market. His practice is centered on mergers and acquisitions and complex commercial transactions, with deep experience spanning multiple industries, including aerospace and defense, industrials, transportation, infrastructure and technology.
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- ServiceNow on its $7.75bn acquisition of Armis, and on its over $1bn acquisition of Veza.
- BuzzFeed on numerous transactions, including its sale of First We Feast and related sub-brands, including the internet show, "Hot-Ones" to Soros Fund Management, its sale of Complex Networks to Commerce Media, and its sale of a majority stake to Allen Family Digital.
- Yokohama on its $905m acquisition of Goodyear’s off-the-road tire business.
- Japan Tobacco (JT) on its $2.4bn acquisition of Vector Group Ltd.
- General Dynamics Land Systems on its investment in Epirus, Inc.
- CK Life Sciences on its sale of Polynoma to TransCode Therapeutics.
- McLaren on its acquisition of all shares in McLaren Racing held by its minority shareholders.
- Celsius on moving its Alani Nu brand into the PepsiCo distribution system in the U.S. and Canada.
- Royal Caribbean and Carnival Corporation on their Grand Bahama Shipyard joint venture with MSC Cruises.
- Merck on its $10bn acquisition of Verona Pharma plc.
- Sanofi S.A. on its acquisition of Vigil Neuroscience, Inc.
- Razor Group on its acquisition of Perch.
- London Stock Exchange Group on its acquisition of AcadiaSoft.
- Sitel Group on its $2.2bn take-private of Sykes Enterprises.
- Agilent on its sale of Resolution Bioscience.
- Molekule Group, Inc. on its all-Stock merger with Aura Smart Air Ltd.
- Zymergen Inc. on its acquisition of Lodo Therapeutics Corporation.
- Röhm on its acquisition of SABIC's Functional Forms Business.
- América Móvil on its sale of Claro Panama to Liberty Latin America affiliate.
- Stagwell Media on its combination with MDC Partners.
- Google on its $4.5bn transaction with Jio Platforms, including commercial agreements to develop an affordable smartphone with an optimized operating system.
- CVC Capital on its $470m minority investment in Aleph Holding.
- An American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company on its ten-year agreement with the State of Victoria to establish a state-of-the-art, domestic mRNA manufacturing facility at Monash University.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise in acquisition of Determined AI.
- Royal Caribbean on the carve-out sale of its high-end cruise business, Azamara, to Sycamore Partners.
- Airbus on its joint venture with Bombardier regarding the “C Series” (now “A220”) aircraft program and on the subsequent exit of Bombardier from the joint venture.
- CVC Capital Partners on its $1.37bn acquisition of Ontic, a provider of OEM-licensed parts for legacy aerospace platforms, from BBA Aviation.
- Novartis on its $5.3bn acquisition of the Xiidra® business from Shire North American Group.
- A multinational chemicals company on its €7.6bn acquisition of significant components of Bayer’s and Monsanto’s seed, agricultural and chemical businesses.
- Starbucks Corporation on its $7.15bn global coffee alliance with Nestlé.
- ABB on its $7.8bn sale of its power grids business to a joint venture with Hitachi.
- Continental AG on its $266m acquisition of Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.’s anti-vibration systems business.
- Catalent on its acquisition of a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Anagni, Italy from Bristol-Myers Squibb.
- International General Insurance on its Nasdaq listing, PIPE capital raise and merger with SPAC Tiberius Acquisition Corp.
- KLX Inc. on the $4.2bn take-private of its Aerospace Solutions Group by The Boeing Company and on the spin-off of its Energy Services Group (now KLX Energy Services) to KLX shareholders.
Max Sanders
Partner
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