Kirkland Advises Lone Star Funds on Agreement to Acquire the Capsules & Health Ingredients Division of Lonza Group
Kirkland & Ellis is advising Lone Star Funds on its definitive agreement to acquire the Capsules & Health Ingredients division of Lonza Group AG, a global leader in capsule design, manufacturing and encapsulation technology. As part of the transaction, Lonza will retain a 40% equity position in the business. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and approvals.
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The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Jacob Traff, James Hunn, David Higgins, Jamie Gordon, Khadar Jama, Ben Zelouf and Ben Fuhrmann; debt finance lawyers Daniel Borg, Sam Sherwood, Alex Bond, Cristina Poon, Alma Chan, Ashley Bannister and Alex Doust; technology & IP transactions lawyers André Duminy, Corina Demeter-Olive, Samantha Bradley and Shareen Dhillon; tax lawyers Ceinwen Rees, Joseph Tootle, Michael Akpomiemie, Chloe Rowan and Yewande Ford; and capital markets lawyer Tim Volkheimer.
