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Richemont’s $1.1 Billion Global Strategic Partnership with Alibaba Group and Farfetch

December 08, 2020

On November 5, 2020, Farfetch, Alibaba Group (“Alibaba”), and Richemont announced a global strategic partnership to provide luxury brands with enhanced access to the China market as well as accelerate the digitization of the global luxury industry. As part of the global partnership, Alibaba and Richemont will invest $600 million ($300 million each) in private convertible notes issued by Farfetch Limited. Alibaba and Richemont will also invest $500 million ($250 million each) in Farfetch China, taking a combined 25% stake in a new joint venture which will include Farfetch’s marketplace operations in the China region. Alibaba and Richemont have an option to purchase a further combined 24% of Farfetch China after the third year of the joint venture’s formation. Cravath is acting as U.S. counsel to Richemont.

The Cravath team is led by partners George A. Stephanakis, Nicholas A. Dorsey and Andrew J. Pitts and includes associates Norman J. Walczak, Saagar Kaul and Henri R. Simonet on U.S. corporate matters; and partner Christopher K. Fargo and associates Andrew T. Davis and Cecily Xi on U.S. tax matters.

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George A. Stephanakis
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    • LL.M., 1997, Harvard Law School
      Fulbright Scholar
    • LL.M., 1995, Cambridge University - Faculty of Law
    • LL.B., 1994, University of Athens School of Law
      summa cum laude

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    Nicholas A. Dorsey
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      • J.D., 2009, Cornell Law School
        Order of the Coif, summa cum laude
      • M.Acc., 2006, Case Western Reserve University
        summa cum laude
      • B.S., 2006, Case Western Reserve University
        summa cum laude

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      Andrew J. Pitts
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        • M.B.A., 1995, Boston University
          with High Honors
        • J.D., 1994, Boston University School of Law
          summa cum laude
        • B.A., 1988, Trinity College

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        • New York
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        Christopher K. Fargo
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          • J.D., 2006, Columbia Law School
            Harlan Fiske Stone; Michael Lynne Scholar
          • B.A., 2003, Boston College
            Honors Program, cum laude

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          Andrew T. Davis
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            • LL.M., 2020, New York University School of Law
            • J.D., 2014, Stanford Law School
            • A.B., 2010, Princeton University

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