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Weil is advising global leading financial technology solutions provider SumUp on raising €590 million ($624 million), which values the company at €8 billion. A combination of debt and equity, the financing was led by Bain Capital and BlackRock, with participation from btov Partners, Centerbridge, Crestline, Fin Capital and Sentinel Dome Partners, among others. This latest […]
Weil advised Gores Guggenheim, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Guggenheim Capital, in its $20 billion business combination with Polestar Performance AB, a Sweden-based pure play manufacturer of premium performance electric vehicles, which was owned by Sweden-based Volvo Car AB and Zhejiang Geely Holding. The transaction closed on June 23, […]
Weil advised Brookfield Asset Management on the formation of its inaugural global transition fund, Brookfield Global Transition Fund, the world’s largest private fund dedicated to facilitating the global transition to a net-zero carbon economy. The Weil team that advised Brookfield Asset Management was led by Private Funds partner Andrew Chizzik and included Private Funds associates Semhar Woldai, John Bradshaw, Avi Flinkenstein, Cesar […]
Weil advised Advent International in its acquisition of a significant stake in Imperial Dade, a distributor in North America of foodservice packaging and janitorial supplies. The transaction closed on June 16, 2022. The Weil team that advised Advent International was led by Private Equity partner Ramona Nee and included Private Equity associates Emily Willey, Molly MacDougall, Eric Emerson, Rose Garson and Zhengyan Gu. The team […]
Weil is advising Blackstone in its $130 million acquisition of a minority stake in PayCargo, LLC (a portfolio company of Insight Partners), a logistics payments and data infrastructure platform. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. The Weil team advising Blackstone is led by Private Equity partner Christopher Machera and includes Private Equity associates Larissa Lucas, Sam de […]
Weil advised Cornell Capital in its acquisition of Advancing Eyecare, a provider of ophthalmic instruments. The transaction closed on June 13, 2022. The Weil team that advised Cornell Capital was led by Private Equity partner Christopher Machera and included Private Equity associates Theodora Tavridou, Thomas Forman, Nicole Hellman and Ryan Divers (Not Yet Admitted in New York). The team also included Tax partner Jason […]