Skip to content
DEALDATABASEby Legal Desire
14 March 2023

Freshfields Counsel to Independent Directors Committee in $12.5B Sale of Qualtrics – Largest PE Buyout of the Year

Advising firms

Deal team

18 lawyers named
LawyerFirmSeniorityPracticeOffice
Ethan Klingsberg Freshfields Not stated corporate/M&A New York
Sebastian Fain Freshfields Not stated corporate/M&A New York
Tomas Rua Freshfields Not stated corporate/M&A New York
Iantha Stewart Freshfields Not stated corporate/M&A New York
Sarah Solum Freshfields Not stated corporate/M&A Silicon Valley
Jamillia Ferris Freshfields Not stated antitrust Washington
Emily Strickland Freshfields Not stated antitrust Washington
Daniel Wylde Freshfields Not stated antitrust Washington
Mena Kaplan Freshfields Not stated IP transactions New York
Chandler Gerard-Reimer Freshfields Not stated IP transactions New York
Danny Spencer Freshfields Not stated IP transactions Washington
Allison Liff Freshfields Not stated leveraged finance New York
Aino Makisalo Freshfields Not stated leveraged finance New York
Joe Soltis Freshfields Not stated tax New York
Brendan Counihan Freshfields Not stated tax New York
Lori Goodman Freshfields Not stated executive compensation and benefits New York
Meredith Kotler Freshfields Not stated litigation New York
Christine Laciak Freshfields Not stated foreign investment regulatory Washington

Stated terms

Stated value
USD 12.5bn ($12.5B)
What the figure measures
Total transaction value
Client
QualtricsTarget
Counterparties
Silver Lake (Buy-side)
CPPIB (Buy-side)