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Freshfields Guides Zuora to the Closing of $1.7 Billion Take-Private by Silver Lake and GIC

Feb 14 2025

Freshfields represented Zuora (NYSE: ZUO), a leading monetization suite for modern business, on the successful closing of its previously announced sale to Silver Lake and GIC in a transaction valued at $1.7 billion. Last year, Freshfields represented Zuora in its cooperation agreement with investor Scalar Gauge.

Details of the transaction can be found here.

The Freshfields deal team was led by partners Steven Li, Sarah Solum and Ethan Klingsberg and included associates Joyce Yeo, Elen Shlyakhanova and Wolfgang Paulson on corporate matters. Counsel Jeff Gould, senior associates Shira Oyserman, Kimberly Wang and associates Thomas Jung and Ariana Negron advised on capital markets matters. Partner Lori Goodman and associate Chaim Leggiere advised on executive compensation and benefit matters. Partners Aimen Mir, Jan Rybnicek and Katrin Gassner, special counsel Christine Laciak and associates Christoph Wanek, Elizabeth Giordano and Andrew Gabel advised on antitrust and foreign investment matters. Partner Kyle Lakin and associates Nora McDonnell and Carolina Romero advised on finance matters. Partner Mena Kaplan, senior associate Marissa Yu and associate Zachary Leonard advised on intellectual property matters. Partners Chris Lyon and Brock Dahl and associate Christine Chong advised on data privacy matters. Partner Joe Soltis advised on tax matters. Partner Stephanie Brown Cripps and associate Alice Jeon advised on sanctions matters. Partners Mary Eaton and Justina Sessions, special counsel Adam Rosenfeld, senior associates Abhinaya Swaminathan and Hussein Elbakri and associate Jenny Lotova advised on litigation matters.

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