Freshfields is representing AeroClean Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AERC), an air hygiene technology company, in connection with its all-stock merger with Molekule, Inc., a market leader for premium air purifiers. The parties entered into a merger agreement on October 3, 2022. Details of the transaction and its rationale can be found here.

Freshfields previously advised AeroClean on its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

The Freshfields team was led by corporate Partner Valerie Ford Jacob and M&A Partner Paul Humphreys, M&A Associates Devony Schmidt, Nathalie Kupfer and Nicole Johnson, capital markets Partner Michael Levitt and capital markets Associates Alex Canahuate, Amy Di Pauli and Fatima Anjum with support from executive compensation and employee benefits Partner Lori Goodman, Counsel Sarah Ghulamhussain and Associate Sonia Bennet; finance Partner Kyle Lakin, Associate Sarah Al Salem and Law Clerk Christian Scott Uhlig; litigation Partner Mary Eaton; intellectual property Partner Menachem Kaplan and Associates Marissa Yu and Jennifer Lei; data privacy and security Counsel Brock Dahl; tax Partner Robert Scarborough and Counsel Dennis Caracristi; antitrust, competition and trade Partners Jenn Mellott and Meytal McCoy; and compliance Counsel Stephanie Brown Cripps and Associate Andrew Bulovsky.

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