Freshfields is representing Aristocrat Leisure in the all-cash acquisition of Nasdaq-listed NeoGames. Details of the transaction, valued at $1.2 billion, can be found here.

The Freshfields team representing Aristocrat is led by corporate/M&A partners Joseph Halloum and Ethan Klingsberg and associates Nicholas Luetgerath, Annie Powderly, Connor Smith, Sarah Darwish and Ellen Lawrence, as well as partner Paul Tiger; partner Lori Goodman and associates Andrew Herman and Chaim Leggiere on executive compensation and employee benefits matters; partner Mena Kaplan and associates Marissa Yu, Chandler Gerard-Reimer, and Alistair Milne on intellectual property matters; partner Joe Soltis and associate Brendan Counihan on tax matters; partners Christine Lyon and Brock Dahl and associate Robert Barton on data privacy and security matters; partner Jamillia Ferris, counsel Meytal McCoy and associates Daniel Wylde and Emily Strickland on antitrust matters; counsel Christine Laciak on foreign direct investment matters; partners Kyle Lakin and Toby Bingley amd associates Kelsey Pepper, Katie Dixon and Hadar Tanne on financing matters; and partner Stephanie Brown Cripps and associates Tim Chen and Aedan Collins on compliance matters.