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Maya Rosenthal-Larrea (Sasha) focuses her practice on advising clients on the most significant intellectual property issues, including with respect to complex licensing and collaborations, patent and copyright licensing strategy, software and artificial intelligence. She also handles the intellectual property, data privacy and broader technology aspects of major corporate transactions. Additionally, she regularly advises public company clients with respect to governance, public disclosure and other corporate matters.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea’s clients have included ADT, Ahold Delhaize, Amazon, AmerisourceBergen, Aon, Bacardi, BAE Systems, BDT, Biogen, Brookfield, Centrica, Disney, IBM, Illumina, Johnson & Johnson, KION Group, Lindsay Goldberg, OMERS Private Equity, Oshkosh, Qualcomm, RELX, Robinhood, Unilever and Valvoline.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea represented Qualcomm in the commercial terms of its settlement of global litigation with Apple, including a global six‑year patent license agreement and a multiyear chipset supply agreement.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea has been repeatedly recognized for her corporate work. She was named to the 2023 list of “Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s New York Business and recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360 in 2019 and by New York Law Journal in 2020. Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea has also been recognized by The Legal 500 US, IAM Patent 1000, IFLR1000, Lawdragon and The Legal 500 Latin America.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea was born in Washington, D.C. She received an A.B. from Brown University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea joined Cravath in 2011 and was elected a partner in 2018. She worked in the Firm’s London office from 2014 to 2016 and is currently based in the Firm’s New York office.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea represented Qualcomm in the commercial terms of its settlement of global litigation with Apple, including a global six‑year patent license agreement and a multiyear chipset supply agreement.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea has been repeatedly recognized for her corporate work. She was named to the 2023 list of “Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s New York Business and recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360 in 2019 and by New York Law Journal in 2020. Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea has also been recognized by The Legal 500 US, IAM Patent 1000, IFLR1000, Lawdragon and The Legal 500 Latin America.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea was born in Washington, D.C. She received an A.B. from Brown University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea joined Cravath in 2011 and was elected a partner in 2018. She worked in the Firm’s London office from 2014 to 2016 and is currently based in the Firm’s New York office.

Education

  • J.D., 2010, Columbia Law School
    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • A.B., 2007, Brown University

Admitted In

  • New York

Professional Affiliations

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Rankings

Crain’s New York Business

  • Notable Women in Law (2023)

Intellectual Asset Management

  • IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (2024, 2023)

IFLR1000 - US (2024-2021)

Law360

  • Rising Star (2019)

Lawdragon

  • 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers (2025, 2024)

The Legal 500 US

  • Fintech (2024)
  • Technology Transactions (2024)

The Legal 500 Latin America

  • Latin America: International Firms (2021)

New York Law Journal

  • Rising Star (2020)

Deals & Cases

May 02, 2025

Keysight Technologies, Inc.’s Registered Debt Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $750 million registered debt offering of Keysight Technologies, Inc., a global leader in high value, mission critical electronic design and test solutions based on sales of tools and software used by engineers to design and optimize electronic products across various industries. The transaction closed on April 17, 2025.

Deals & Cases

March 17, 2025

PepsiCo’s $1.95 Billion Acquisition of poppi

On March 17, 2025, PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire poppi, a prebiotic soda brand, for $1.95 billion, including $300 million of anticipated cash tax benefits for a net purchase price of $1.65 billion. The transaction also includes an additional potential earnout consideration subject to the achievement of certain performance milestones within a specified period after closing of the transaction. Cravath is representing PepsiCo in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

March 10, 2025

DraftKings Inc.’s Inaugural Term Loan B Facility

Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $600 million inaugural term loan B facility made available to DraftKings, Inc. for general corporate purposes. DraftKings is a digital sports entertainment and gaming company created to be the Ultimate Host and fuel the competitive spirit of sports fans with products that range across daily fantasy, regulated gaming, and digital media. The transaction closed on March 4, 2025.

Deals & Cases

March 05, 2025

Pacific General’s Strategic Partnership with Lenwich

On March 4, 2025, Pacific General, a New York‑based private investment firm, announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Lenwich, a premium sandwich brand that has been a staple in New York City since 1989. Lenwich’s founder will retain a significant equity interest in the company and continue to lead Lenwich as CEO. The partnership between Pacific General and Lenwich aims to accelerate Lenwich’s expansion beyond its home market in New York City, extending across the East Coast and the broader United States. Cravath is representing Pacific General in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

February 12, 2025

Smithfield Foods, Inc.’s IPO

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $521.7 million initial public offering of common stock of Smithfield Foods, Inc., an American food company and an industry leader in value‑added packaged meats and fresh pork. The shares were listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The transaction closed on January 29, 2025.

Activities

May 02, 2025

Cravath Partners Named to Lawdragon’s 2025 List of Leading Global Cyber Lawyers

On May 2, 2025, Cravath partners David J. Kappos, John D. Buretta, Noah Joshua Phillips, Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea, Evan Norris, Michael L. Arnold and Kimberley S. Drexler were named to Lawdragon’s list of “500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers” in recognition of their work advising clients on incident response and preparation, corporate governance and disclosure matters, investigations and regulatory enforcement, and transactional and competition matters related to data privacy and cybersecurity. The list recognizes “world leaders in privacy, data, security, incident response, and the deals and lawsuits that revolve around all things Cyber.”

Activities

April 25, 2025

Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea and Sharon Goswami Speak at Fordham Law’s 32nd Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference

On April 25, 2025, Cravath partners Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea and Sharonmoyee Goswami participated in Fordham Law School’s 32nd Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference, which took place from April 24‑25 in New York. The conference convened experts across the public and private sectors to discuss developments in the IP law and policy space. Sasha spoke on a panel entitled “Artificial Intelligence” during a session on copyright law, and Sharon spoke on a panel entitled “Patents & Remedies” during a session on patent law.

Publications

March 11, 2025

Cravath Publishes “Tech Explainer” on Diffusion Models

In March 2025, Cravath continued its “Tech Explainers” series, which introduces and explains technical, cutting‑edge concepts and describes their importance in a way that is accessible to and easily understood by business and legal professionals outside the technical community.

Publications

February 24, 2025

Cravath Publishes “Tech Explainer” on Scaling Web3

In February 2025, Cravath continued its “Tech Explainers” series, which introduces and explains technical, cutting-edge concepts and describes their importance in a way that is accessible to and easily understood by business and legal professionals outside the technical community.

Publications

February 21, 2025

Bloomberg Law Publishes Article by Dave Kappos, Evan Norris, Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea and Dean Nickles on Regulatory Landscape for AI

Cravath partners David J. Kappos, Evan Norris and Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea and of counsel Dean M. Nickles co‑authored an article entitled “Early Trump AI Moves Come in a Complex Regulatory Landscape,” which was published in Bloomberg Law on February 20, 2025. The article provides an overview of the current U.S. federal and state regulatory landscape for AI and looks ahead to potential future developments.

Maya Rosenthal-Larrea (Sasha) focuses her practice on advising clients on the most significant intellectual property issues, including with respect to complex licensing and collaborations, patent and copyright licensing strategy, software and artificial intelligence. She also handles the intellectual property, data privacy and broader technology aspects of major corporate transactions. Additionally, she regularly advises public company clients with respect to governance, public disclosure and other corporate matters.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea’s clients have included ADT, Ahold Delhaize, Amazon, AmerisourceBergen, Aon, Bacardi, BAE Systems, BDT, Biogen, Brookfield, Centrica, Disney, IBM, Illumina, Johnson & Johnson, KION Group, Lindsay Goldberg, OMERS Private Equity, Oshkosh, Qualcomm, RELX, Robinhood, Unilever and Valvoline.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea represented Qualcomm in the commercial terms of its settlement of global litigation with Apple, including a global six‑year patent license agreement and a multiyear chipset supply agreement.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea has been repeatedly recognized for her corporate work. She was named to the 2023 list of “Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s New York Business and recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360 in 2019 and by New York Law Journal in 2020. Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea has also been recognized by The Legal 500 US, IAM Patent 1000, IFLR1000, Lawdragon and The Legal 500 Latin America.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea was born in Washington, D.C. She received an A.B. from Brown University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea joined Cravath in 2011 and was elected a partner in 2018. She worked in the Firm’s London office from 2014 to 2016 and is currently based in the Firm’s New York office.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea represented Qualcomm in the commercial terms of its settlement of global litigation with Apple, including a global six‑year patent license agreement and a multiyear chipset supply agreement.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea has been repeatedly recognized for her corporate work. She was named to the 2023 list of “Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s New York Business and recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360 in 2019 and by New York Law Journal in 2020. Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea has also been recognized by The Legal 500 US, IAM Patent 1000, IFLR1000, Lawdragon and The Legal 500 Latin America.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea was born in Washington, D.C. She received an A.B. from Brown University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Ms. Rosenthal-Larrea joined Cravath in 2011 and was elected a partner in 2018. She worked in the Firm’s London office from 2014 to 2016 and is currently based in the Firm’s New York office.

Education

  • J.D., 2010, Columbia Law School
    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • A.B., 2007, Brown University

Admitted In

  • New York

Professional Affiliations

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Rankings

Crain’s New York Business

  • Notable Women in Law (2023)

Intellectual Asset Management

  • IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (2024, 2023)

IFLR1000 - US (2024-2021)

Law360

  • Rising Star (2019)

Lawdragon

  • 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers (2025, 2024)

The Legal 500 US

  • Fintech (2024)
  • Technology Transactions (2024)

The Legal 500 Latin America

  • Latin America: International Firms (2021)

New York Law Journal

  • Rising Star (2020)

Deals & Cases

May 02, 2025

Keysight Technologies, Inc.’s Registered Debt Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $750 million registered debt offering of Keysight Technologies, Inc., a global leader in high value, mission critical electronic design and test solutions based on sales of tools and software used by engineers to design and optimize electronic products across various industries. The transaction closed on April 17, 2025.

Deals & Cases

March 17, 2025

PepsiCo’s $1.95 Billion Acquisition of poppi

On March 17, 2025, PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire poppi, a prebiotic soda brand, for $1.95 billion, including $300 million of anticipated cash tax benefits for a net purchase price of $1.65 billion. The transaction also includes an additional potential earnout consideration subject to the achievement of certain performance milestones within a specified period after closing of the transaction. Cravath is representing PepsiCo in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

March 10, 2025

DraftKings Inc.’s Inaugural Term Loan B Facility

Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $600 million inaugural term loan B facility made available to DraftKings, Inc. for general corporate purposes. DraftKings is a digital sports entertainment and gaming company created to be the Ultimate Host and fuel the competitive spirit of sports fans with products that range across daily fantasy, regulated gaming, and digital media. The transaction closed on March 4, 2025.

Deals & Cases

March 05, 2025

Pacific General’s Strategic Partnership with Lenwich

On March 4, 2025, Pacific General, a New York‑based private investment firm, announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Lenwich, a premium sandwich brand that has been a staple in New York City since 1989. Lenwich’s founder will retain a significant equity interest in the company and continue to lead Lenwich as CEO. The partnership between Pacific General and Lenwich aims to accelerate Lenwich’s expansion beyond its home market in New York City, extending across the East Coast and the broader United States. Cravath is representing Pacific General in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

February 12, 2025

Smithfield Foods, Inc.’s IPO

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $521.7 million initial public offering of common stock of Smithfield Foods, Inc., an American food company and an industry leader in value‑added packaged meats and fresh pork. The shares were listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The transaction closed on January 29, 2025.

Activities

May 02, 2025

Cravath Partners Named to Lawdragon’s 2025 List of Leading Global Cyber Lawyers

On May 2, 2025, Cravath partners David J. Kappos, John D. Buretta, Noah Joshua Phillips, Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea, Evan Norris, Michael L. Arnold and Kimberley S. Drexler were named to Lawdragon’s list of “500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers” in recognition of their work advising clients on incident response and preparation, corporate governance and disclosure matters, investigations and regulatory enforcement, and transactional and competition matters related to data privacy and cybersecurity. The list recognizes “world leaders in privacy, data, security, incident response, and the deals and lawsuits that revolve around all things Cyber.”

Activities

April 25, 2025

Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea and Sharon Goswami Speak at Fordham Law’s 32nd Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference

On April 25, 2025, Cravath partners Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea and Sharonmoyee Goswami participated in Fordham Law School’s 32nd Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference, which took place from April 24‑25 in New York. The conference convened experts across the public and private sectors to discuss developments in the IP law and policy space. Sasha spoke on a panel entitled “Artificial Intelligence” during a session on copyright law, and Sharon spoke on a panel entitled “Patents & Remedies” during a session on patent law.

Publications

March 11, 2025

Cravath Publishes “Tech Explainer” on Diffusion Models

In March 2025, Cravath continued its “Tech Explainers” series, which introduces and explains technical, cutting‑edge concepts and describes their importance in a way that is accessible to and easily understood by business and legal professionals outside the technical community.

Publications

February 24, 2025

Cravath Publishes “Tech Explainer” on Scaling Web3

In February 2025, Cravath continued its “Tech Explainers” series, which introduces and explains technical, cutting-edge concepts and describes their importance in a way that is accessible to and easily understood by business and legal professionals outside the technical community.

Publications

February 21, 2025

Bloomberg Law Publishes Article by Dave Kappos, Evan Norris, Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea and Dean Nickles on Regulatory Landscape for AI

Cravath partners David J. Kappos, Evan Norris and Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea and of counsel Dean M. Nickles co‑authored an article entitled “Early Trump AI Moves Come in a Complex Regulatory Landscape,” which was published in Bloomberg Law on February 20, 2025. The article provides an overview of the current U.S. federal and state regulatory landscape for AI and looks ahead to potential future developments.

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