Latham & Watkins has advised Astorg on the signing of a binding agreement with Alpha Private Equity whereby Astorg will acquire IPCOM, a pan-European leading B2B specialty distributor of technical and building insulation products.

The Latham Paris team was led by corporate partners Thomas Forschbach, Alexander Crosthwaite, and Simon Lange, with corporate associates Julia Lefevre and Lorraine Dorval.

Advice was provided on financing matters by London partner Jay Sadanandan with London associates Ben Wright and Alexander Law; on antitrust matters by Paris partner Mathilde Saltiel with Paris associates Wenceslas Chelini and Louis-Victor Sachs; and on regulatory aspects by Hamburg counsel Jana Dammann with Frankfurt associate Helena Hofmann.