Latham & Watkins Advises Bad Boy Mowers in Acquisition of Hustler Turf Equipment

Bad Boy Mowers, a portfolio company of the Sterling Group and TorQuest Partners, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hustler Turf Equipment from Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK). The acquisition is a milestone in the zero-turn mowers industry as two of the category’s marquee brands move forward together.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Bad Boy Mowers in the transaction with a corporate team led by Washington, D.C. partner Cory Tull, and Houston partner Bruce Herzog, with associates Morgen Seim, Sam Wheeler, Johnny Zhuang, David Reed, and Brent Rice. Advice was also provided on IP matters by Washington, D.C. partner Morgan Brubaker, with associates Daniel Donovan and Dena Behnam; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jason Cruise and Brussels partners Philipp Studt and Tomas Nilsson, with associate Ivy Ziedrich; on benefits and executive compensation matters by New York partner Bradd Williamson and Washington, D.C. partner Nikhil Kumar, with associate Hayden Rutledge; on labor and employment matters by New York partner Sandra Benjamin, with associate Imara Joroff; on tax matters by Bay Area partner Katharine Moir, with associate Jay Khurana; on environmental matters by Los Angeles partner Aron Potash, with associate Jacqueline Zhang; on data privacy matters by Houston/Austin partner Robert Brown, with associate Jack Bergantino; on real estate matters by New York counsel Shira Bressler, with associates Brandon Hemans and Jack Jia; on sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption matters by Washington, D.C. partner Joseph Bargnesi, with associate Esther Yoon; and on representations and warranties insurance matters by San Diego counsel Hannah Cary, with associate Sandra Mathew.