Kirkland Represents Sun Products on its Acquisition by Henkel for $3.6 Billion

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised The Sun Products Corporation, a leading North American provider of household products and a Vestar Capital Partners portfolio company, on its acquisition by Henkel Consumer Goods Inc, a subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. The transaction is valued at $3.6 billion. The full release is available here.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Michael Movsovich and Constantine Skarvelis; with associates Ted Schmadeke, Raymond Multer and Bryan Nance and summer associate Alana Siegel. Also working on the transaction are antitrust partners Mark Kovner, Marin Boney and Shaun Goodman with associate Michael DeRita; tax partner David Grenker with associate Vivek Ratnam; executive compensation partner Scott Price with associate Julia Onorato; employee benefits partner Alexandra Mihalas with associate Adria Crowe; labor partner Edward Holzwanger with associate Evangelia Podaras; corporate finance partners Joshua Korff and Brian Hecht; debt finance partners Chris Butler and Joshua Samis; environmental partner Brian Land with associates Carleigh Trappe Rodriguez and Jennie Morawetz; technology & intellectual property transactions partner Edward Sadtler with associate Frank Wei; and real estate partner Jennifer Sheehan with associate Ian Craig.