Capitol Meridian Partners (CMP), a private equity firm with deep expertise in the aviation sector, announced that it has completed a majority investment in LAUNCH, a founder-led provider of technical workforce solutions and services to the aviation industry. LAUNCH’s solutions address a wide range of aircraft platforms and systems, including airframes, avionics, in-flight connectivity, and interiors. The LAUNCH management will remain in place and retain a significant ownership stake going forward.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents CMP in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Washington, D.C. partner Cory Tull, with associates Brad Guest, Zach Lippman, and Paul Bowers. Advice was also provided on tax matters by New York partner David Raab, with associate Ted Gkoo; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Steven Betensky, with associate Alan Kim; on employee benefits matters by Washington, D.C. partner David Della Rocca, with associates Bryce Williamson and Sam Sturgis; on labor matters by New York counsel Sandra Benjamin, with associate Yoojin DeNiro; on private equity finance matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jeffrey Chenard, with associates Marie Greenman, Jen Goldshtein, and Catherine Cook; on data privacy and security matters by Houston counsel Robert Brown, with associate Gabriela Aroca Montaner; on antitrust and HSR matters by Washington, D.C. partner Peter Todaro, with associate Ben Bouwman; on environmental matters by Los Angeles partner Joshua Marnitz, with associate Brittany Curcuru; on anticorruption matters by Washington, D.C. partner Erin Brown Jones, with associate Leandra Joseph; on export controls matters by Washington, D.C. partner Damara Chambers, with associate Matthew Crawford; and on government controls matters by Washington, D.C. partner Kyle Jefcoat, with associate Genevieve Hoffman.