Kirkland Advises Allied Industrial Partners on Purchase of CAT Entertainment Services

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Allied Industrial Partners LLC (AIP), an industrial-focused middle market private equity firm, on its decision to acquire CAT Entertainment Services, a market leading provider of specialty mobile power generation, power distribution, and temperature control services.  The acquisition is a carve-out from Ring Power Corp., one of the largest U.S. Caterpillar dealers, which will retain a minority stake in the business. The company, which will be rebranded as CES Power, will be led by co-founder Greg Landa as CEO, supported by the existing leadership team. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Thomas Laughlin and associates Tess Dennis and Parker Collins; investment funds partner Matt Nadworny and associates Linda Dahl and Katherine Chernova; debt finance partners Will Bos and Jordan Roberts and associates Michael Schlinkert and Christina Godard; and tax partner Steve Butler and associates Ryan Phelps and Courtney Loyack.