Deal Digest – December 2025, January and February 2026

Whether a corporate, investor, financial institution or other stakeholder, Baker McKenzie advises clients on complex legal and commercial issues to maximize deal certainty and secure the intended value of transactions. Significant deals that Baker McKenzie lawyers have handled over the past several months include:

Advent International - Advised Advent on the sale of Prisma Medios de Pago and Newpay to Visa. Lead lawyers: Vanina Caniza; Francisco Fernández Rostello (Buenos Aires). Learn more about the deal here.

AMEA Power - Advised AMEA Power on the development and financing of the USD 700 million Abydos II solar PV and battery energy storage project in Egypt. Lead lawyer: Mohamed Elharmy (Cairo). Find out more here.

Brookfield - Advised Brookfield on Nordic living and Greek hospitality joint ventures, including the acquisition of Unity Living assets in Sweden and Finland and a majority stake in the Domes Zeen Chania resort in Crete. Lead lawyer: Mark Thompson. Learn more here.

Capital One Financial Corporation - Advised Capital One on its USD 5.15 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Brex, acting as international counsel on foreign legal matters. Lead lawyers: Maria Eberle (New York); Federico Cuadra Del Carmen (New York/Miami); Todd Beauchamp (Washington, DC); Charles Weinstein (Washington, DC). Find our more here.

Donaldson Company, Inc. - Advised Donaldson Company on its USD 820 million all-cash acquisition of Facet Filtration Group from affiliates of Madison Industries. Lead lawyer: Dieter Schmitz (Chicago). Learn more here.

FedEx Corporation - Advised FedEx and a consortium including Advent on a recommended all-cash offer to acquire InPost for EUR 7.8 billion. Lead lawyers: Michael DeFranco (Chicago); William Rowe (Chicago); Justin Hutchinson (London); Rebecca Kuijpers-Zimmerman (Amsterdam); James Thompson (London); Jonathan Susko (New York). Click hereto learn more.

Genki Global Dining Concepts Corporation - Advised Genki Global Dining Concepts on its acquisition of Food Odyssey Pty. Ltd., operator of Australia's Sushi Sushi chain. Lead lawyers: Byron Frost (Tokyo); Richard Lustig (Melbourne); Tetsuo Tsujimoto (Tokyo). Learn more here.

Innovative Molecules GmbH - Advised Innovative Molecules on a strategic partnership with Alfasigma, including an exclusive worldwide license to the parenteral formulation of adibelivir (IM 250) for HSV encephalitis and an investment component (license terms up to €125 million in upfront and milestone payments). Lead lawyers: Julia Braun (Munich); Dr. Julia Rossié (Munich). Find out more here.

Knowledge Atlas Technology - Advised the sole sponsor and underwriters on Knowledge Atlas Technology's HKD 4.3 billion (USD 560 million) global offering and Main Board listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Lead lawyers: Dan Ouyang; Winfield Lau (Hong Kong). Click hereto learn more about the deal.

Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB) - Advised MB on its first USD 500 million medium-term green syndicated loan. Lead lawyers: Oanh Nguyen (Vietnam); Emmanuel Hadjidakis (Singapore). Learn more here.

TechStar Acquisition Corporation - Advised TechStar on its de-SPAC transaction with Seyond Holdings Ltd. and related private equity financing, valuing the combined business at approximately USD 1.67 billion. Lead lawyers: Dan Ouyang; Winfield Lau (Hong Kong). Find out more about the deal here.

Unilever - Advised Unilever on the sale of its home care businesses in Colombia and Ecuador to Alicorp, including a portfolio of established local brands. Lead lawyer: David Scott (London). Learn more here.