Freshfields advises Quantinuum on its $300 million equity fundraise in series a financing round

Freshfields is advising Quantinuum, an integrated quantum computing company formed from the combination of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum Computing, on its $300 million equity fundraise at a pre-money valuation of $5 billion. The round is anchored by JPMorgan Chase, with additional participation from Mitsui & Co., Amgen and Honeywell, which remains the company's majority shareholder.

More details about the transaction can be found here. Freshfields had previously advised Honeywell on the formation of Quantinuum.

The Freshfields team is led by M&A partner Andrea Basham and associates Wicy Wang and Clara Barnosky. Partner Lori Goodman, counsel Jordan Salzman and associate Chaim Leggerie advised on executive compensation and employee benefits matters; partner Aimen Mir and CFIUS and national security advisor Colin Costello advised on CFIUS and foreign direct investment matters; partner Claude Stansbury and associate Hannah Golden advised on tax matters; partner Mena Kaplan and senior associate Daniel Spencer advised on intellectual property matters; partner Mary Lehner and antirust advisor Valeria Losco advised on antitrust matters; partner Stephanie Brown Cripps and associate Keian Razipour advised on compliance and sanctions matters.