Kirkland & Ellis recently advised private equity firm Olympus on a pair of M&A deals. The transactions include the sale of testing, inspection and certification provider AmSpec to TPG Rise Climate and the purchase of a leading, scaled, full-line pies platform from Wonder Brands Holdings Inc. and FGF Brands (USA) Inc. by Olympus portfolio company Rise Baking Company.
The Kirkland team on the AmSpec sale was led by corporate partners James Faley and Taylor Melching and included associates Gregory Klein, Andrew Daniels, Jonathan Deitch and Emma Balls; technology & IP transactions partners Vlad Khodosh and Laila Paszti and associate Thao Thai; executive compensation partners Michael Falk and Katherine Nemeth and associate Devin Kern; employee benefits partner Matt Antinossi and associate Abbi Semnisky; employment & labor partner Risa Salins; environmental transactions partner Jon Kidwell and associates Courtney Tibbetts and Max Anderson; real estate partner John Caruso and associate Maxwell Baird; tax partner Thomas Evans and associate Sean Hamner; international trade & national security partners Mario Mancuso and Luci Hague and associate Erika Krum; debt finance partner Melissa Hutson and associate Elizabeth Williams; and antitrust & competition partners Mike Thorpe, Jeffrey Ayer, Sally Evans, Athina Van Melkebeke, Philipp Gnatzy and Kelsey Laugel and associate Ben Feis.
The Kirkland team on the Rise Baking transaction was led by corporate partners Matt Goulding and Cameron Leishman, with support from corporate associates Peter Banyai, Connor O’Flaherty and Brian Campbell; debt finance partners Melissa Hutson and Omar Raddawi and associate Bradley Cho; tax partner Thomas Evans and associate Sean Hamner; employment & labor partner R.D. Kohut and associates Jaime Wamble and Kaitlyn Hodgman; executive compensation partners Rohit Nafday and John Kleinjan and associate Matthew Mutino; employee benefits of partner Alexandra Mihalas and associate Caitlin Pyrce; technology & IP transactions partners Vlad Khodosh and associates Derek Ventling and Camilo Mesa; real estate partner Rob Miceli and associate Joey Galinsky; environmental transactions partner Jim Dolphin and associate Matt Swanson; government, regulatory & internal investigations partner Nick Niles; and antitrust & competition partners Mike Thorpe, Jeffrey Ayer and Kelsey Laugel and associate Chris Brassfield.
