Press Release

Kirkland Advises Lako on Sale to ProMach

Kirkland & Ellis advised Lako Tool & Manufacturing, an international leader in high-quality, durable components for the flexible packaging industry, on its sale to ProMach, a worldwide leader in processing and packaging machinery and related solutions. Lako designs and manufactures high-performance sealing, cutting, and punching solutions, along with associated tooling, for flexible film packaging machines. The company is known for its expertise in developing unique, high-performance sealing solutions for demanding applications within high-precision packaging machinery.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Ari Levi, Ines Tzolov and Jennifer Leserman; tax lawyers Heidi Yuen and Allison Bray; real estate lawyers Roberto Miceli and Henry Harper; technology & IP transactions lawyers Martin Schwertmann and Sam Mohazzab; employee benefits lawyers Justin Coddington and Sooah Kim; employment & labor lawyer Maayan Sachs; and environmental transactions lawyers Paul Tanaka and Matt Swanson.