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Latham & Watkins Advises FreshDirect in Acquisition by Ahold Delhaize and Centerbridge Partners

November 19, 2020

Members of the firm’s M&A and Emerging Companies Practices are advising the online fresh food grocer.

Ahold Delhaize and Centerbridge Partners have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FreshDirect, an online grocer based in New York City.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents FreshDirect in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by partner Alex Voxman and counsel Brian Duff, with associate Jason Kass, in Los Angeles. Advice was also provided on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Michael Egge, with associate Christopher Brown; on tax matters by Bay Area partner Grace Lee, with associate Abigail Friedman; and on benefits and compensation matters by Los Angeles partner Michelle Carpenter, with associate Harrison Taylor.

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