Weil advised Cornell Capital and its portfolio company Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC/ONE), a contract developer, manufacturer and supplier of personal care and household products, in KDC/ONE’s acquisition of Zobele Holding S.p.A., a manufacturer and distributor of consumer products, including pest control, air freshening, health care, household, pet care, and shoe care products, from DH Private Equity Partners. The transaction closed on April 30, 2020.
The Weil team that advised Cornell Capital and KDC/ONE was led by Private Equity partner Christopher Machera and included Private Equity associates Theodora Tavridou, Thomas Forman, Briana Liu, Martin Weatherston-Wilson, and Cruz Wiles. The team also included Banking & Finance partner Andrew Colao; Technology & IP Transactions partner Charan Sandhu; Executive Compensation & Benefits partner Sarah Downie; Antitrust partner John Scribner; Environmental Head Annemargaret Connolly; Regulatory counsel John O’Loughlin and Matthew Morton; White Collar, Regulatory and Investigations counsel Timothy Welch; Antitrust counsel Michael Naughton; Banking & Finance associate Jacqueline Oveissi; Technology & IP Transactions/Privacy associate Phillip Grudzina; Executive Compensation & Benefits associate Lauren Sawyer (Not Yet Admitted in New York); and Antitrust associate David Rybak.