22 July 2022
Freshfields Guides Cargill and Buyer Consortium to Closing of Take-Private of Sanderson Farms and Combination With Wayne Farms
Advising firms
Deal team
19 lawyers named| Lawyer | Firm | Seniority | Practice | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Lehner Lead | Freshfields | Partner | antitrust | Not stated |
| Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Lead | Freshfields | Partner | antitrust | Not stated |
| Kyle Lakin Lead | Freshfields | Partner | leveraged finance | Not stated |
| Paul Humphreys Lead | Freshfields | Partner | corporate M&A | Not stated |
| Ethan Klingsberg Lead | Freshfields | Partner | corporate M&A | Not stated |
| Elizabeth Giordano | Freshfields | Associate | antitrust | Not stated |
| Aino Makisalo | Freshfields | Associate | leveraged finance | Not stated |
| Vinita Sithapathy | Freshfields | Associate | corporate M&A | Not stated |
| Lucy Lei | Freshfields | Associate | corporate M&A | Not stated |
| Anthony Paladino | Freshfields | Associate | corporate M&A | Not stated |
| Victor Ma | Freshfields | Associate | corporate M&A | Not stated |
| Michael David Harris | Freshfields | Associate | corporate M&A | Not stated |
| Lori Goodman | Freshfields | Partner | executive compensation and employee benefits | Not stated |
| Chaim Leggiere | Freshfields | Associate | executive compensation and employee benefits | Not stated |
| Menachem Kaplan | Freshfields | Partner | data privacy and IP | Not stated |
| Marissa Yu | Freshfields | Associate | data privacy and IP | Not stated |
| Olivia Radin | Freshfields | Partner | compliance | Not stated |
| Stephanie Brown Cripps | Freshfields | Counsel | compliance | Not stated |
| Elvira Sihvola | Freshfields | Associate | compliance | Not stated |
Stated terms
- Stated value
- USD 4.50bn ($4.5 billion)
- What the figure measures
- Total transaction value
- Client
- Not stated
- Counterparties
- Sanderson Farms (Target)
Wayne Farms (Target)
Cargill (Buy-side)
Continental Grain (Buy-side)