McDermott Represents The Sterling Group and Capitol Meridian Partners in Joint Acquisition of PrimeFlight Aviation Services - McDermott Will & Emery

McDermott Represents The Sterling Group and Capitol Meridian Partners in Joint Acquisition of PrimeFlight Aviation Services

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represents The Sterling Group, a Houston-based private investment firm, and Capitol Meridian Partners, a Washington, DC-based private investment firm, in their joint acquisition of PrimeFlight Aviation Services, a global provider of essential aircraft, passenger and security-related services to commercial airline, airport, cargo and general aviation customers, from Carlyle.

The transaction was announced on March 6, 2023 and will close upon satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The cross-border deal team was led by Gregory Metz, Patrick Rowe and Smith Alpert and included Daniel Campbell, Stéphane Dionnet, Jed Gordon, Greg Heltzer, Jacob Hollinger, Sharon Lamb, Brian Mead, Sam Neel, Christian Rolf,  Alex Ruiz, Josh Samis, David Saunders, Deniz Tschammler, Allison Wilkerson, Margaret Cremin, Alan Kashdan, Christian Marzlin, Ellie Atkins, Nicole Briody, Llewelyn Engel, Andrew Granek, Lea Hachmeister, Emily Jewell, Max Küttner, Nick Paul, Dawn Peacock, Cristina Sanchez, David Stage and Heloise Waudby.

Read Carlyle’s press release here.

McDermott’s private equity practice is among the top four most active PE law firms globally and in the US with more than 160 dedicated private equity lawyers in 21 locations globally. In addition to being recognized as Energy & Industrials Law Firm of the Year (Large Cap) by The Deal, Top 10 in PE Buyouts by MergerMarket and Top 10 in US Mid-Market by Bloomberg, The American Lawyer recently named McDermott Law Firm Corporate Practice of the Year: Mid/Small Cap. To learn more about our PE practice, please visit pe.mwe.com.

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