Freshfields Advises eBay on $1.2bn Acquisition of Depop from Etsy

Freshfields is advising eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) on its acquisition of Depop, a leading C2C fashion marketplace, from Etsy (NYSE: ETSY) for approximately $1.2 billion. Learn more about this transaction here.

The Freshfields team is led by partners Ethan Klingsberg and Zheng (Jonathan) Zhou, counsel Jeff Zhang and associates Victor Ma, Nicole Johnson, Isabelle Cheng and Joshua Orange (corp/M&A); partners Heather Brookfield and David Mendel, counsel Andrew Herman and associates Eva Moore, Kaytki Joshi and Matt Swinbank  (compensation and benefits); partners Meghan Rismiller and Christine Wilson,  Helmut Bergmann and Alex Potter, special counsels Tom Morgan and Charles Ramsey and associates Claire Wolter, Emily Abbott , Ashley Brown and Jake Bullock (antitrust); counsel Marissa Yu, partner Mena Kaplan and associate Catherine Wang (IP/commercial); partners Gilles Pratt and Megan Kayo and associates Tochukwu Egenti, Katie Sa, Jackson Myers and Linda Agaby (data privacy); partners Joe Soltis and May Smith and associates Joshua Critchlow and Hannah Golden (tax), partner Stephanie Brown Cripps and associates Rebecca Berman and Young Park (compliance); partners David Sewell and Claire Harrop and associates Emily Smith and Nariné Atamian (payments and financial regulatory); partner Rhys Evans and associate Arjan Lally (UK corporate); and partner Andrew Austin, special counsel Nina Frant and associates Kate Collister and Honor May (consumer regulatory).