Kirkland Represents Trilantic North America on Investment in OrthoLite

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Trilantic North America, a leading private equity firm, on its investment in OrthoLite, a global manufacturer of branded open-cell foam insoles and other footwear components supplied to over 250 footwear brands. Following the close of the transaction, Trilantic North America will hold a majority stake in OrthoLite. The transaction is expected to close in the 3rd quarter of 2017. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The full release is available here.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Chris Torrente and Andrew Arons and associates Clement Smadja and Danielle Diamond; tax partner Vin Thorn; and debt finance partners Jason Kanner and Lindsay Flora.