Johnathan Sargent

About Johnathan Sargent

Johnathan is an Associate in our New York office. His practice focuses on M&A and corporate matters. Prior to joining Freshfields, Johnathan worked as a M&A associate in the New York office of another international law firm.

Recent work

Johnathan's representative experience includes:

• Achieve Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in Boclips.
• Athene and Donlen in the $5 billion combination of Donlen and Wheels.
• PRO Unlimited in its acquisition of outsourced workforce management provider Geometric Results, Inc. 
• WestCap Management, LLC in several transactions, including as leader investor:
  • in the $64 million Series B financing for Sharegain.
  • in the $100 million Series B funding for Found Health.
  • in the $100 million growth funding for HUMAN Security, Inc.
• Box, Inc. in its successful proxy contest against Starboard Value L.P.
• Enhabit, Inc. in its proxy contest defense against Cruiser Capital and Harbour Point Capital Management.
• Rogers Corporation in its settlement agreement with Starboard Value L.P.
• Sleep Number Corporation in its activism campaign defense and related cooperation agreement with Stadium Capital Management, LLC.
• SpartanNash Company in its successful proxy contest against Macellum Capital Management and Ancora Holdings Group.
• US Foods Holding Corp. in its proxy contest defense and related cooperation agreement with Sachem Head Capital Management.