Jordan Freisleben is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Jordan represents public and private companies as well as private equity funds on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic acquisitions across a variety of industries.

Prior to joining Latham, Jordan was an associate in the New York office of another leading global law firm.

At New York University School of Law, Jordan was a Jacobson Leadership Program Law and Business Scholar and recipient of the Hyundai Motor Scholarship in Law and Business. She was also the recipient of the Daniel G. Collins Award for Excellence in Contract Law and the Charles D. Klein Law and Business Award. While in law school, Jordan was a judicial intern for the Honorable Gregory H. Woods III of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Jordan currently serves as a Global Leader of the Women Lawyers Group. 

Jordan’s experience includes advising:

Strategic M&A 

  • Mister Car Wash in its $3.1 billion take-private by Leonard Green & Partners 
  • WNS in its $3.3 billion acquisition by Capgemini
  • Mammoth Brands in its acquisition of Coterie 
  • OfferFit in its $325 million sale to Braze 
  • The Tie in its acquisition of Stakin 
  • Mammoth Brands (f/k/a Harry’s Inc.)  in connection with its $155 million Series E financing*
  • Rocket Companies in its $1.275 billion acquisition of TrueBill (d/b/a Rocket Money)*
  • Legendary Entertainment in its sale of a $760 million minority stake to funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management*
  • Estée Lauder in its $2.8 billion acquisition of Tom Ford*
  • Shopify in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Deliverr*
  • General Electric in the spinoff of GEHealthcare*
  • XPO Logistics in the spinoff of RXO*
  • Carrier Global Corporation in its €12 billion acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions*

Private Equity

  • ArcLight Capital Partners in its acquisition of Advanced Power 
  • Apollo Impact Mission (the impact investing fund affiliated with Apollo Global Management) in its acquisition of the Accent Family of Companies*

Shareholder Activism

  • Paramount Skydance Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery 
  • Alkami in its engagement with JANA Partners 
  • Cooper Companies in its engagement with JANA Partners and its settlement agreement with Browning West
  • Crown Castle in response to activist campaigns led by Elliott Investment Management and Boots Capital*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, New York University School of Law, 2021
  • MBA, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, 2021
  • BA, Columbia University, 2015
    cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish