Latham & Watkins Advises Morgan Stanley Capital Partners on Acquisition of The Rapid Group

Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, the middle market private equity buyout team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, announced the acquisition of The Rapid Group, a leading provider of inspection, repair, and maintenance services for rotating equipment across municipal, commercial, and industrial end markets.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the transaction with a corporate team led by New York partner David Beller and counsel Richard Quay, with associates Nancy Zhu, Eric Rothman, and Leila Lukaszewicz. Advice was also provided on tax matters by New York partner Matthew Dewitz; on finance matters by Washington, D.C. partner Katherine Putnam, with associates Jewrisha Ransome, Yiyun Sun, Ted Mathiowetz, and Wenjia Yu; on labor and employment matters by counsel Laura Waller, with associate Alexis Pinzon; on executive compensation and benefits matters by Washington, D.C. partner Nikhil Kumar, with associate Amal Rafiq; on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by Washington, D.C. partner Joseph Bargnesi; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associate Kathryn Parsons-Reponte; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Jessica Cohen, with associate Susana Santos; on government contracts matters by Washington, D.C. partner Kyle Jefcoat, with associate Vikhyath Veeramachaneni; on real estate matters by counsel Shira Bressler, with associates Michael Nieberg, and Jack Jia; on environmental matters by counsel David Langer, with associate Bruce Johnson; on antitrust matters by New York partner Katherine Rocco and counsel Jamie Sadler, with senior merger control attorney Matthew Piehl and associates Karen Kim and Noam Haykeen; and on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Harrison White, with associate Sandra Mathew.