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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.
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Crain’s New York Business
Intellectual Asset Management
IFLR1000 - US (2024-2021)
Law360
Lawdragon
The Legal 500 US
The Legal 500 Latin America
New York Law Journal
Deals & Cases
October 03, 2025
On October 3, 2025, White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (“White Mountains”), a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell a controlling interest in Bamboo, a data-enabled insurance distribution platform, to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) in a transaction that values Bamboo at $1.75 billion. White Mountains expects the transaction will result in a gain of approximately $310 to its book value per share and net cash proceeds of approximately $840 million. White Mountains will retain an approximately 15% fully-diluted equity stake in Bamboo post-closing, valued at $250 million based on the transaction. Cravath is representing White Mountains and Bamboo in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
September 30, 2025
On September 30, 2025, Future Standard, a global alternative asset manager, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Digital Infrastructure platform of Post Road Group, an alternative investment advisory firm. The platform specializes in credit and structured equity investments across digital infrastructure assets, including data centers, fiber networks and cloud connectivity. Cravath is representing Future Standard in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
September 02, 2025
Cravath represented the administrative agent, lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with $2 billion of credit facilities made available to Verisk Analytics, Inc. (“Verisk”), as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with its pending acquisition of Exactlogix, Inc. (“AccuLynx.com”). Verisk is a leading data, analytics and technology provider serving clients in the insurance ecosystem. The credit facilities consisted of a $750 million term loan facility and a $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on August 15, 2025.
Deals & Cases
August 29, 2025
On August 29, 2025, PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”) and Celsius Holdings, Inc. (“Celsius Holdings”) announced an agreement to strengthen their long-term strategic partnership. As part of the agreement, (i) Celsius Holdings’ Alani Nu brand will move to the PepsiCo distribution system in the U.S. and Canada, (ii) PepsiCo has acquired $585 million in newly issued convertible 5% preferred stock while extending its existing preferred stock to the same conversion period and (iii) Celsius Holdings has acquired the Rockstar Energy brand in the U.S. and Canada from PepsiCo. PepsiCo will continue to own the Rockstar brand internationally. Celsius Holdings will become the strategic energy lead in the U.S., managing the Celsius, Alani Nu and Rockstar Energy brands, while PepsiCo will lead distribution for the Celsius Holdings portfolio in the U.S. and Canada. Cravath is representing PepsiCo in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
August 06, 2025
On August 5, 2025, ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”), and the National Football League (“NFL”) announced a non‑binding agreement under which ESPN will acquire NFL Network and certain other media assets owned and controlled by the NFL, including NFL’s linear RedZone Channel and NFL Fantasy, in exchange for a 10% equity stake in ESPN. The NFL and ESPN are also entering into a second non‑binding agreement, under which the NFL will license to ESPN certain NFL content and other intellectual property to be used by NFL Network and other assets. Cravath is representing Disney and ESPN in connection with the transaction.
Publications
September 22, 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
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
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
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
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.
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.
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Crain’s New York Business
Intellectual Asset Management
IFLR1000 - US (2024-2021)
Law360
Lawdragon
The Legal 500 US
The Legal 500 Latin America
New York Law Journal
Deals & Cases
October 03, 2025
On October 3, 2025, White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (“White Mountains”), a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell a controlling interest in Bamboo, a data-enabled insurance distribution platform, to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) in a transaction that values Bamboo at $1.75 billion. White Mountains expects the transaction will result in a gain of approximately $310 to its book value per share and net cash proceeds of approximately $840 million. White Mountains will retain an approximately 15% fully-diluted equity stake in Bamboo post-closing, valued at $250 million based on the transaction. Cravath is representing White Mountains and Bamboo in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
September 30, 2025
On September 30, 2025, Future Standard, a global alternative asset manager, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Digital Infrastructure platform of Post Road Group, an alternative investment advisory firm. The platform specializes in credit and structured equity investments across digital infrastructure assets, including data centers, fiber networks and cloud connectivity. Cravath is representing Future Standard in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
September 02, 2025
Cravath represented the administrative agent, lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with $2 billion of credit facilities made available to Verisk Analytics, Inc. (“Verisk”), as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with its pending acquisition of Exactlogix, Inc. (“AccuLynx.com”). Verisk is a leading data, analytics and technology provider serving clients in the insurance ecosystem. The credit facilities consisted of a $750 million term loan facility and a $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on August 15, 2025.
Deals & Cases
August 29, 2025
On August 29, 2025, PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”) and Celsius Holdings, Inc. (“Celsius Holdings”) announced an agreement to strengthen their long-term strategic partnership. As part of the agreement, (i) Celsius Holdings’ Alani Nu brand will move to the PepsiCo distribution system in the U.S. and Canada, (ii) PepsiCo has acquired $585 million in newly issued convertible 5% preferred stock while extending its existing preferred stock to the same conversion period and (iii) Celsius Holdings has acquired the Rockstar Energy brand in the U.S. and Canada from PepsiCo. PepsiCo will continue to own the Rockstar brand internationally. Celsius Holdings will become the strategic energy lead in the U.S., managing the Celsius, Alani Nu and Rockstar Energy brands, while PepsiCo will lead distribution for the Celsius Holdings portfolio in the U.S. and Canada. Cravath is representing PepsiCo in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
August 06, 2025
On August 5, 2025, ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”), and the National Football League (“NFL”) announced a non‑binding agreement under which ESPN will acquire NFL Network and certain other media assets owned and controlled by the NFL, including NFL’s linear RedZone Channel and NFL Fantasy, in exchange for a 10% equity stake in ESPN. The NFL and ESPN are also entering into a second non‑binding agreement, under which the NFL will license to ESPN certain NFL content and other intellectual property to be used by NFL Network and other assets. Cravath is representing Disney and ESPN in connection with the transaction.
Publications
September 22, 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
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
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
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
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.
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