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Greenberg Traurig, Maples and Calder guide return client EverArc
Kirkland guides longtime client SK Capital Partners
(Reuters) - Greenberg Traurig; Maples and Calder; and Kirkland & Ellis are guiding London-listed acquisition vehicle EverArc Holdings Ltdâs $2 billion deal to purchase U.S.-based firefighting products maker Perimeter Solutions from investment firm SK Capital Partners.
British Virgin Islands-based EverArc announced on Wednesday that the acquisition would see Perimeter join a newly-formed Luxembourg company called Perimeter Solutions SA, which will be listed on a U.S. stock exchange.
The deal is expected to close in 2021âs fourth quarter.
EverArc is working with Greenberg Traurig as English and U.S. legal advisor and Maples and Calder as British Virgin Island and Luxembourg legal advisor. Both firms previously advised the entity on its $340 million 2019 initial public offering, according to an EverArc regulatory filing.
AAK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of value-adding specialty vegetable fats and oils, is pleased to announce that Dr. Jeffrey Fine has re-joined AAK’s team as Senior Director, Customer Innovation for the U.S. and Canada. After serving as a consultant since October 2019, Dr. Fine will lead AAK’s Customer Innovation organization for the U.S. region.
Dr. Fine previously worked with the AAK U.S. organization from 2004-2016 and established the U.S. R&D function, which has now evolved to become the Customer Innovation organization for the U.S. region. His initial accomplishments for AAK included: set up of laboratory-scale oil modifications processes and procedures in Port Newark and development of the first margarine hardstocks for AAK’s U.S. bakery business. Dr. Fine also led the research and development efforts on strategic growth-focused segments, infant nutrition and candles. He launched the first “mitigated” products for infant nutrition in the U.S. and coll
The Jeffrey Fine (C 76, MArch 78) and Andrea Katz Lecture: Jeanne Gang
Wed, Jan 27 21
Philadelphia, PA, US
Jeanne Gang, FAIA, is the founding principal and partner of Studio Gang, an international architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago. Known for an inquisitive, forward-looking approach to design that unfolds new technical and material possibilities and expands the active role of designers in society, she creates striking places that connect people with each other, their communities, and the environment.
Her studio’s diverse, award-winning work includes major projects throughout the Americas and Europe, ranging from community-centered cultural institutions like Writers Theatre to public projects that connect citizens with ecology, such as the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, and high-rise towers that foster community, including Aqua Tower. Ongoing projects include an expansion to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City; a new Unit