Freshfields is advising McCain Foods USA, Inc., a subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited, in its pending acquisition of Penobscot McCrum, LLC, one of North America’s premier suppliers of frozen potato specialty products. The transaction represents an important step in strengthening McCain’s North American network and its operations in potato products.

The Freshfields team is led by partners Damien Zoubek and Joshua Ayal, senior associate Ryan Taylor and associates Nicole Johnson and Abby Rubinshteyn. Partner Nicole Foster, counsel Andrew Herman and associate Juan Pastor Merchante advised on executive benefits and compensation matters; partner Steven Matays, counsel Jay Cosel and senior associate Joshua Critchlow advised on tax matters; counsel Jeremiah Nelson and associates Tosin Owoka and Kate Koudouna advised on real estate matters; partner John Rousakis advised on environmental matters; partners Jenn Mellott and Jan Rybnicek, special counsel Andrew Cline, regulatory advisor Valeria Losco, senior associate William Cooke and associates Claire Wolter and Noelle Choi advised on regulatory matters and partner Mena Kaplan and associates Thomas Heilborn, Faron Stalker and Catherine Wang advised on intellectual property matters.