Kirkland Advises New Mountain Capital on Sale of Careismatic Brands to Partners Group
Kirkland & Ellis advised New Mountain Capital, LLC (New Mountain), a growth-oriented investment firm that currently manages over $30 billion in assets, on its sale of Careismatic Brands, Inc. (CBI) to Partners Group, a global private markets investment manager acting on behalf of its clients. New Mountain acquired majority control of CBI in June 2016. CBI is a leading global healthcare and wellness platform delivering innovative products and solutions to millions of consumers worldwide. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Joshua Kogan and Erika López and associates Keli Huang, Yoana Setzer and Jay Pak; tax partners Sara Zablotney and Vivek Ratnam and associate Simon Kwong; debt finance partners Melissa Hutson and Mark Adler and associate Oliver Schauman; real estate partner Roberto Miceli and associate Eric Zhi; environmental transactions partner Jonathan Kidwell and associate Donna Ni; technology & IP transactions partner Matthew Lovell and associate Christina Chen; executive compensation partners Michael Krasnovsky and Ian Sherwin and associates Brian Valcarce and Alex Freund; employment & labor partner R.D. Kohut and associates Jaclyn Schruhl and Anusheh Khoshsima; employee benefits partners Alexandra Mihalas and Adria Crowe; international trade partner Meghan Dolan; antitrust & competition partner Michael Thorpe and of counsel Donna Alberts Peel; and M&A clearance director Kurt Wunderlich.
