Freshfields advises Bending Spoons on Tractive
Freshfields has advised Bending Spoons on its acquisition of Tractive, marking the group’s first expansion into hardware-enabled software.
The company’s portfolio already includes major digital brands such as Evernote, Vimeo, WeTransfer, Eventbrite and Meetup.
The team
The multidisciplinary legal team assembled by Freshfields was led by Giancarlo D’Ambrosio (Milan), with key support from Frankfurt-based partner Lars Meyer and Vienna partner Konrad Gröller. The core team also included associate Julius Röck, principal associate Daniel Roggenkemper and associates Benedikt Mayer and Isabel García de Paredes.
The wider Corporate/M&A team featured partner Lukas Treichl, counsel Olaf Ehlers, principal associate Anna Dominke, associate William Björklund, principal associate Can-Michael Nural and associates Yoosong Lee, Estella Dannhausen and Linda Teichtmeister (both Vienna).
Tax advice was provided by partner Katharina Kubik, counsel Umberto Santacroce, principal associate Andreas Langer and associates Andrea Zucchini and Rosa Glunz.
On antitrust matters, the team was led by partner Ilka Oberländer, with support from associate Miriam Swamy-von Zastrow.
Commercial matters were supported by partners Stephan Denk, Lutz Riede, Thomas Kustor and Anna Kohlmaier, together with counsel Lukas Pomaroli and Matthias Hofer, principal associates Kathrin Wildmoser-Zeller and associate Iris Amschl (Vienna), as well as associates Elena Salsi, Julia Wallner, Marcel Neuhauser, Matthias Klonner, Tensin Studer (all Vienna) and Miguel Serrano (Washington).
Employment law advice was provided by partner Karin Buzanich-Sommeregger and counsel Leonhard Prasser (both Vienna), with associates Lorena Faggioli (Frankfurt) and Lina Zhu (New York).
