The world's largest multinational corporations, top-tier international investment banks, private equity and entrepreneurs all rely on our Corporate Department to resolve their thorniest legal and business challenges. Our lawyers have earned high praise for their innovative approach to complex transactions and are recognized internationally as leaders in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, finance and investment funds.
KPS Capital Wins Two Buyouts “Deal of the Year” Awards
- Awards
- March 24, 2015
Paul, Weiss client KPS Capital Partners LP has earned two Buyouts "Deal of the Year" awards for three of the past four years. KPS's $1.44 billion sale of Waupaca Foundry to Hitachi Metals was named the 2015 "Deal of the Year" and the "Large Market Deal of the Year."
The Paul, Weiss team serving as legal counsel to KPS in connection with the sale of Waupaca to Hitachi included, among others, corporate partner Angelo Bonvino and counsel Ji Lu, Dorian Fogel, Marta Kelly, Lindsey Wiersma and Didier Malaquin; tax partner David Mayo; real estate partner Peter Fisch; employee benefits counsel Reuven Falik; environmental counsel William O'Brien; and intellectual property counsel Claudine Meredith-Goujon. Paul, Weiss also served as counsel to KPS in their original acquisition of Waupaca Foundry from ThyssenKrupp AG in 2012.