Freshfields is advising Salesforce in its acquisition of Convergence.ai, an AI agent company recognized for developing advanced systems that perform complex, human-like tasks in digital environments. This transaction will play a central role in advancing Agentforce, a key pillar of Salesforce’s AI strategy. Learn more about this transaction here. 

The Freshfields deal team is led by partners Denny Kwon and Michael Black, counsel Jeff Zhang and associates Nicole Johnson, Laura Hibbert, Kayla Little and Elizabeth Lien. Partners Mena Kaplan and Richard Lister, counsel Marissa Yu, senior associate Tristan Lockwood and associates Olivia Luongo, Catherine Lally and Tariq Chastanet-Hird advised on intellectual property matters; partners Heather Brookfield, David Mendel and Alice Greenwell, senior associate Jeffrey Anand, associate Rachel Harris and trainee associate Jack Murrills advised on employment compensation and benefits matters; partners Kevin Yingling, Jan Rybnicek and Colin Raftery, counsel Angela Landry and Sarah Jensen, senior associate Kirsty Brown and associates Dwayne Thompson and Toyosi Taiwo advised on antitrust matters; partners Christine Lyon and Brock Dahl and senior associate Christine Chong advised on data privacy matters; partner Stephanie Brown Cripps and associate Maylin Meisenheimer advised on sanctions matters and partners Joe Soltis, May Smith, and Bob Van Kasteren, senior associates Joshua Critchlow and Erisa Nuku, associates Hannah Golden and Merel Van Essen and trainee associate Celia Keay advised on tax matters.