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Sasha
Rosenthal-Larrea

Partner, Corporate

srosenthal-larrea@cravath.com
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Maya Rosenthal-Larrea (Sasha) focuses her practice on advising clients on their 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 (2025-2021)

Law360

  • Rising Star (2019)

Lawdragon

  • 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers (2025, 2024)
  • 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers (2025)

The Legal 500 US

  • Fintech (2025, 2024)
  • Technology Transactions (2025, 2024)

The Legal 500 Latin America

  • Latin America: International Firms (2021)

New York Law Journal

  • Rising Star (2020)

Deals & Cases

January 23, 2026

BitGo’s IPO

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $212.8 million initial public offering of class A common stock of BitGo Holdings, Inc. (“BitGo”), a leading infrastructure provider of digital asset solutions for businesses, offering solutions including custody, wallets, staking, trading, settlement and digital asset management. The shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on January 23, 2026.

Deals & Cases

January 08, 2026

Genmab’s $3.5 Billion of Credit Facilities and Offering of $1.5 Billion Senior Secured Notes and $1 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes in Connection with its Acquisition of Merus

Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with $3.5 billion of credit facilities made available to Genmab, a leading international biotechnology company, and one of its wholly‑owned subsidiaries, Genmab Finance LLC, as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with its acquisition of Merus N.V., a leading oncology company developing innovative antibody therapeutics. The credit facilities consisted of a $2 billion term loan “B” facility, a $1 billion term loan “A” facility and a $500 million revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on December 12, 2025.

Deals & Cases

January 05, 2026

Cable One’s $1.3 Billion Acquisition of Full Ownership of MBI

On January 5, 2026, Cable One, Inc. (“Cable One”) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the equity interests in Mega Broadband Investments Holdings LLC (“MBI”) that it does not already own in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion. Cable One currently owns a 45% stake in MBI, and certain affiliates of GTCR LLC and MBI management own the balance of MBI. MBI is a leading provider of broadband services across the Southeast, Northwest and Mid‑South United States and offers an extensive range of broadband, fiber connectivity, video and voice services for approximately 210,000 residential and business data customers. Based on currently available information, (i) the purchase price payable by Cable One for the 55% of MBI that it does not already own is expected to range between approximately $475 million and $495 million and (ii) MBI’s total net debt at the time it becomes wholly owned by Cable One is expected to be approximately $845 million to $895 million. Cravath is representing Cable One in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

December 22, 2025

CWAN’s $8.4 Billion Acquisition by Permira and Warburg Pincus

On December 21, 2025, Clearwater Analytics (“CWAN”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired in a transaction valued at approximately $8.4 billion by a Permira and Warburg Pincus‑led Investor Group (the “Investor Group”), with participation from Temasek. The Investor Group has key support from Francisco Partners. The Special Committee of the CWAN Board of Directors unanimously recommended this transaction and the CWAN Board of Directors subsequently approved this transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, CWAN stockholders will receive $24.55 per share in cash upon completion of the proposed transaction. Cravath is representing the Special Committee of the CWAN Board of Directors in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

December 09, 2025

Paramount’s $108.4 Billion All‑Cash Tender Offer to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

On December 8, 2025, Paramount, a Skydance Corporation (“Paramount”), announced it has commenced an all-cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“WBD”) for $30.00 per share in cash, equating to an enterprise value of $108.4 billion. Paramount’s proposed transaction is for the entirety of WBD, including the Global Networks segment. Cravath is representing Paramount in connection with the transaction.

Activities

October 13, 2025

Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea Hosts Roundtable at World IP Review’s AI and IP Summit USA 2025

On October 9, 2025, Cravath partner Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea participated in the World IP Review’s AI and IP Summit USA in New York. The one-day conference brought together private practice, in-house teams and AI pioneers to unlock AI’s potential and drive innovation in IP strategies, featuring sessions on streamlining legal workflows, navigating evolving regulations, building ethical frameworks and developing future-facing legal skill sets. Sasha hosted a roundtable discussion entitled “Where to draw the line between collaboration and protection? Open-source innovation in the AI era.”

Activities

October 08, 2025

Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea Speaks at PLI’s Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2025 Program

On October 7, 2025, Cravath partner Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea participated in “Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2025,” a program presented by the Practising Law Institute in New York. Sasha spoke on a panel entitled “Antitrust Issues in Licensing,” which discussed antitrust standards, horizontal and vertical licenses, restrictions in IP licenses and differences between the application of U.S. and EU antitrust law to IP licenses.

Publications

September 22, 2025

Cravath Data Privacy and Security Review: H1 2025

On September 18, 2025, Cravath published the fifth edition of its Cravath Data Privacy and Security Review newsletter. The Review provides an overview of recent U.S. state and federal legislative and regulatory developments, alongside U.S. and global enforcement trends and takeaways, in data privacy and cybersecurity for the first six months of 2025. It first presents an update on emerging and existing privacy and security legislation at the federal level, including amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, then highlights notable legislative developments at the state level across the country. This edition also explores the heightened focus on cybersecurity- and privacy‑related enforcement at federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice, and provides global enforcement updates from the European Union and China.

Publications

August 11, 2025

Cravath Venture Capital & Growth Equity Insights: 2025 Mid‑Year Market Update

On August 11, 2025, Cravath published the latest edition of its Venture Capital & Growth Equity Insights newsletter, which has been redesigned to provide greater insight into global venture capital and related activity during the first half of 2025 and outlook for the rest of the year. Key takeaways from this edition include:

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, 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.”

Maya Rosenthal-Larrea (Sasha) focuses her practice on advising clients on their 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 (2025-2021)

Law360

  • Rising Star (2019)

Lawdragon

  • 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers (2025, 2024)
  • 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers (2025)

The Legal 500 US

  • Fintech (2025, 2024)
  • Technology Transactions (2025, 2024)

The Legal 500 Latin America

  • Latin America: International Firms (2021)

New York Law Journal

  • Rising Star (2020)

Deals & Cases

January 23, 2026

BitGo’s IPO

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $212.8 million initial public offering of class A common stock of BitGo Holdings, Inc. (“BitGo”), a leading infrastructure provider of digital asset solutions for businesses, offering solutions including custody, wallets, staking, trading, settlement and digital asset management. The shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on January 23, 2026.

Deals & Cases

January 08, 2026

Genmab’s $3.5 Billion of Credit Facilities and Offering of $1.5 Billion Senior Secured Notes and $1 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes in Connection with its Acquisition of Merus

Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with $3.5 billion of credit facilities made available to Genmab, a leading international biotechnology company, and one of its wholly‑owned subsidiaries, Genmab Finance LLC, as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with its acquisition of Merus N.V., a leading oncology company developing innovative antibody therapeutics. The credit facilities consisted of a $2 billion term loan “B” facility, a $1 billion term loan “A” facility and a $500 million revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on December 12, 2025.

Deals & Cases

January 05, 2026

Cable One’s $1.3 Billion Acquisition of Full Ownership of MBI

On January 5, 2026, Cable One, Inc. (“Cable One”) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the equity interests in Mega Broadband Investments Holdings LLC (“MBI”) that it does not already own in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion. Cable One currently owns a 45% stake in MBI, and certain affiliates of GTCR LLC and MBI management own the balance of MBI. MBI is a leading provider of broadband services across the Southeast, Northwest and Mid‑South United States and offers an extensive range of broadband, fiber connectivity, video and voice services for approximately 210,000 residential and business data customers. Based on currently available information, (i) the purchase price payable by Cable One for the 55% of MBI that it does not already own is expected to range between approximately $475 million and $495 million and (ii) MBI’s total net debt at the time it becomes wholly owned by Cable One is expected to be approximately $845 million to $895 million. Cravath is representing Cable One in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

December 22, 2025

CWAN’s $8.4 Billion Acquisition by Permira and Warburg Pincus

On December 21, 2025, Clearwater Analytics (“CWAN”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired in a transaction valued at approximately $8.4 billion by a Permira and Warburg Pincus‑led Investor Group (the “Investor Group”), with participation from Temasek. The Investor Group has key support from Francisco Partners. The Special Committee of the CWAN Board of Directors unanimously recommended this transaction and the CWAN Board of Directors subsequently approved this transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, CWAN stockholders will receive $24.55 per share in cash upon completion of the proposed transaction. Cravath is representing the Special Committee of the CWAN Board of Directors in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

December 09, 2025

Paramount’s $108.4 Billion All‑Cash Tender Offer to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

On December 8, 2025, Paramount, a Skydance Corporation (“Paramount”), announced it has commenced an all-cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“WBD”) for $30.00 per share in cash, equating to an enterprise value of $108.4 billion. Paramount’s proposed transaction is for the entirety of WBD, including the Global Networks segment. Cravath is representing Paramount in connection with the transaction.

Activities

October 13, 2025

Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea Hosts Roundtable at World IP Review’s AI and IP Summit USA 2025

On October 9, 2025, Cravath partner Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea participated in the World IP Review’s AI and IP Summit USA in New York. The one-day conference brought together private practice, in-house teams and AI pioneers to unlock AI’s potential and drive innovation in IP strategies, featuring sessions on streamlining legal workflows, navigating evolving regulations, building ethical frameworks and developing future-facing legal skill sets. Sasha hosted a roundtable discussion entitled “Where to draw the line between collaboration and protection? Open-source innovation in the AI era.”

Activities

October 08, 2025

Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea Speaks at PLI’s Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2025 Program

On October 7, 2025, Cravath partner Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea participated in “Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2025,” a program presented by the Practising Law Institute in New York. Sasha spoke on a panel entitled “Antitrust Issues in Licensing,” which discussed antitrust standards, horizontal and vertical licenses, restrictions in IP licenses and differences between the application of U.S. and EU antitrust law to IP licenses.

Publications

September 22, 2025

Cravath Data Privacy and Security Review: H1 2025

On September 18, 2025, Cravath published the fifth edition of its Cravath Data Privacy and Security Review newsletter. The Review provides an overview of recent U.S. state and federal legislative and regulatory developments, alongside U.S. and global enforcement trends and takeaways, in data privacy and cybersecurity for the first six months of 2025. It first presents an update on emerging and existing privacy and security legislation at the federal level, including amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, then highlights notable legislative developments at the state level across the country. This edition also explores the heightened focus on cybersecurity- and privacy‑related enforcement at federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice, and provides global enforcement updates from the European Union and China.

Publications

August 11, 2025

Cravath Venture Capital & Growth Equity Insights: 2025 Mid‑Year Market Update

On August 11, 2025, Cravath published the latest edition of its Venture Capital & Growth Equity Insights newsletter, which has been redesigned to provide greater insight into global venture capital and related activity during the first half of 2025 and outlook for the rest of the year. Key takeaways from this edition include:

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, 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.”

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