Kirkland Advises Olympus Partners on Strategic Investment in Vesta Foodservice
Kirkland & Ellis advised Olympus Partners on a strategic investment in Vesta Foodservice, a premier specialty foodservice distribution company primarily serving the Western United States, positioning Vesta to accelerate its growth and invest in additional technology. Known for its "Yes Chef" service model, Vesta serves a diverse customer base including fine dining establishments, luxury hotels and large-scale institutional foodservice providers.
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Matt Goulding, Cameron Leishman, Mark Keohane, Michael Fiedorowicz, Zoe Blackmore and Benjamin Marchant; tax lawyers Roger Lucas, Allison Bray and Grant Twombly; debt finance lawyers Omar Raddawi, Yinan Guo and Marcelo Figueroa; employment & labor lawyers R.D. Kohut, Madeline Klebanov and Frank Policastri; executive compensation lawyers Jabir Yusoff and Anthony Aliantro; employee benefits lawyers Alexandra Mihalas and Caitlin Bradford; technology & IP transactions lawyers Vlad Khodosh and Reilly Townsend; real estate lawyers Rob Miceli and Michael Pattis; litigation lawyers Nick Niles and David Strecker; antitrust & competition lawyers Mike Thorpe, Stephanie Greco, Marcus Buschel and Mackenzie Pike; sustainability lawyers Mackenzie Drutowski and Avery Decker; environmental transactions lawyers Michelle Sliwinski DeMaio and Julia Kiley; and transactional liability lawyer Hayley Hollender.
