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DEALDATABASEby Legal Desire
11 November 2022

Freshfields Represents Sonoco on Its Acquisition of WestRock’s Remaining Interest in Joint Venture: RTS Packaging and WestRock’s Chattanooga, Tennessee Mill

M&A Expected to close Tennessee

Advising firms

Deal team

19 lawyers named
LawyerFirmSeniorityPracticeOffice
Zheng (Jonathan) Zhou Lead Freshfields Partner Not stated New York
Damien Zoubek Lead Freshfields Partner Not stated Not stated
Anne Powderly Freshfields Associate Not stated Not stated
Daria Butler Freshfields Associate Not stated Not stated
Hannah Golden Freshfields Associate Not stated Not stated
Joe Soltis Freshfields Partner tax Not stated
David Mitchell Freshfields Senior associate tax Not stated
Lori Goodman Freshfields Partner employee benefits Not stated
Brian Chung Freshfields Associate employee benefits Not stated
Menachem Kaplan Freshfields Partner IP and transition services agreement Not stated
Marissa Yu Freshfields Associate IP and transition services agreement Not stated
Jennifer Lei Freshfields Associate IP and transition services agreement Not stated
Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Freshfields Partner antitrust Not stated
Laura Onken Freshfields Counsel antitrust Not stated
Iris Zhou Freshfields Associate antitrust Not stated
Morag Elwis Freshfields Associate antitrust Not stated
Samantha Braunstein Freshfields Counsel finance Not stated
Lacey Nemergut Freshfields Associate finance Not stated
Nora McDonnell Freshfields Associate finance Not stated

Stated terms

Stated value
USD 330m ($330 million)
What the figure measures
Total transaction value
Client
Sonoco Products CompanyBuy-side
Counterparties
WestRock Company (Sell-side)