Freshfields Represents Aristocrat in its Acquisition of Awager

Freshfields is representing Aristocrat Leisure in its acquisition of Awager, an Israel-headquartered gaming company specializing in real-time, streaming-enabled remote play of physical electronic gaming machines, from affiliates of Oaktree Capital Management. Details of the transaction can be found here. 

The Freshfields team representing Aristocrat is led by M&A partners Ethan Klingsberg and Steven Li and associates Victor Ma, Connor Smith, Yoosong Lee and Ofek Galipoliti; partner Lori Goodman, counsel Andrew Herman and Emily Shaw on executive compensation and employee benefits matters; partner Mena Kaplan and associate Eric Mason on intellectual property matters; partner Joe Soltis and associate Courtney Canning on tax matters; partner Brock Dahl and associates Christine Chong and Jackson Myers on privacy and security matters; and partner Stephanie Brown Cripps and associates Noah Lipkowitz and Sruthi Rao on sanctions and compliance matters.