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  4. Freshfields guides JD Sports to the closing of its acquisition of Hibbett
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Freshfields guides JD Sports to the closing of its acquisition of Hibbett
Jul 25 2024

Freshfields guided JD Sports Fashion plc to the closing of its all-cash acquisition of NASDAQ-listed Hibbett, Inc. The transaction was announced on April 23, 2024, and closed on July 25, 2024, following the receipt of regulatory and Hibbett stockholder approvals. More information is available here.

The Freshfields team is led out of New York by M&A partners Paul Tiger and Tomas Rua and associates Victor Ma, Casey Hagen and Connor Lang and included London M&A partners Claire Wills and Andrew Hutchings, senior associate Ellie Dunne and associate Amadita Garcia on UK corporate matters.

Additional team members, all based in the U.S., included partner Lori Goodman, senior associate Andrew Herman and associate Sonia Bennett on executive compensation and employee benefits matters; partner Meghan Rissmiller, senior advisor Christine Wilson, counsel Laura Onken, senior associate Vadim Egoul and associate L.B. McCaskey on antitrust matters; counsel Jeremiah Nelson on real estate matters; partner Kyle Lakin on finance matters; partner Mena Kaplan on intellectual property matters; partners Christine Lyon and Brock Dahl and associate Christine Chong on data privacy and cybersecurity matters; partner Claude Stansbury and associate Hannah Golden on tax matters; and partner Stephanie Brown Cripps and associate Keian Razipour on compliance matters.

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Tomas RuaPartner
New York
Victor MaSenior Associate
New York
Casey HagenAssociate
London
Claire WillsPartner
London
Andrew HutchingsPartner
London
Ellie DunneSenior Associate
London
Amadita GarciaAssociate
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