Latham & Watkins Advises Lindsay Goldberg in Acquisition of EMCO Chemical Distributors

Lindsay Goldberg, a leading private equity firm focused on partnering with families and founders, announced it has agreed to acquire EMCO Chemical Distributors, a founder-owned distributor of industrial chemicals, primarily serving the midwestern United States. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Lindsay Goldberg in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by New York partners Paul Kukish and Matthew Villar, with associates Sofia Skara, Gabe Marx, and Morgan Hagenbuch and assistance from Elise van den Hoek. Advice was also provided on tax matters by New York partner Eric Kamerman, with associate Jack Santoro; on private equity finance matters by New York partner Kendra Kocovsky, with associates Amrita Mukherjee, Lea Avsenik, Elizabeth Bell, and Yiyun Sun; on employee benefits matters by Boston partner Josh Friedman, with associates Robin Hellebrekers and Imara Joroff; on real estate matters by New York counsel Shira Bressler, with associate Sahra Phillips; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Jeffrey Tochner, with associate Sebastian Moss; on compliance matters by Washington, D.C./London partner Nathan Seltzer, with associate Ragad Alfaraidy; on environmental matters by New York partner Gary Gengel, with associate Tal Carmeli; on chemical regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner Julia Hatcher, with associate Anna Dykema; on labor matters by New York counsel Sandra Benjamin, with associate Elizabeth Duncan; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Houston/Austin partner Robert Brown, with associate Stuart Cobb; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Peter Todaro and Washington, D.C. counsel Ngoc Hulbig, with associate Brian Goodell; and on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Harrison White, with associate Matty McColl.