Freshfields Represents Mubadala Capital-TWG-led PE Consortium on $6.2bn Take-Private of Clear Channel Outdoor

Global law firm Freshfields is representing the private equity consortium buyer, led by Mubadala Capital and TWG Global, on the $6.2 billion, leveraged take-private of NYSE-listed Clear Channel Outdoor announced this morning. Details can be found here.

The Freshfields team is led by partners Ethan Klingsberg and Oliver Board, counsel Zizi Petkova and associates Amy Zhan and Charlie Carroll. Partner Andrea Basham and senior associate Arash Ardalan advised on mezzanine financing and consortium arrangements; partners Allison Liff, Michael Levitt and Haden Henderson, counsel Kelsey Avery, senior associate Elio Gaarthuis and associates Cates Saleeby, Nick Singer and Dax Zhang leveraged finance/capital markets matters; partner Nicole Foster, senior associate Jeff Anand and associate Emily Shaw advised on executive compensation & employee benefits matters; partner Joe Soltis and associate Ryan Sweeney advised on tax matters; partner Brock Dahl, senior associate Christine Chong and associate Ian Allen advised data privacy/security matters; partner Mena Kaplan, senior associate Danny Spencer and associate Rhea Khakria advised on IP/commercial matters; partners Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum and Marin Boney, senior associate Sam Fulliton and associate Sandra Makeen advised on antitrust matters; counsel Jeremiah Nelson and associates Matt Parsons and Kate Koudouna advised on real estate matters and partner John Rousakis advised on environmental matters.