Latham & Watkins Advised CVC Capital Partners On Sale Of WWEX Group To Thoma Bravo

Latham & Watkins Advised CVC Capital Partners on Sale of WWEX Group to Thoma Bravo

Latham & Watkins advised Thoma Bravo, the world’s largest technology-focused investment firm, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire WWEX Group, a leading third-party logistics (3PL) provider of parcel and freight services with brands including Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz, Unishippers, JEAR Logistics, and BLX Logistics. Thoma Bravo is acquiring WWEX Group from a consortium of investors including CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII, Providence Equity Partners, Ridgemont Equity Partners, and PSG. As part of this transaction, CVC Funds and other existing WWEX Group investors will roll over a portion of their equity in WWEX Group and retain a significant minority position in the combined company.

The Latham & Watkins LLP deal team led by New York Paul Kukish (Partner), Michael Vardanian (Partner), and Matthew Villar (Partner), with Joseph Maurantonio (Associate), and Morgan Banaszak (Associate). Advice was also provided on finance matters by New York Joshua Tinkelman (Partner), and Kendra Kocovsky (Partner), with Christina Chaplygina (Associate), on tax matters by New York Matthew Dewitz (Partner), on compensation and benefits matters by New York Bradd Williamson (Partner), and Alisa Hand (Partner), and New York Rifka Singer (Counsel), with Sanjana Rao (Associate), on labor and employment matters by Chicago Nineveh Alkhas (Partner), with Jenny Bobbitt (Associate), and Alyssa Dantoin (Associate), on intellectual property matters by New York Jeffrey Tochner (Partner), with Jamie Eimbinder (Associate), on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Bay Area Robert Blamires (Partner), with Kathryn Parsons-Reponte (Associate) on regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. Damara Chambers (Partner), with Amulya Vadapalli (Associate) and assistance from Stephen Keith (Associate), on US antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. David R. Brenneman (Partner), and New York/Washington, D.C. Jamie Sadler (Counsel), on ex-US antitrust matters by Brussels Luca Crocco (Partner), and Philipp Studt (Partner), and Brussels Wesley Lepla (Counsel), on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by Washington, D.C./London Nathan Seltzer (Partner), with Catherine Yao (Associate) on real estate matters by New York Dara Denberg (Partner), with David Rao (Associate), on anti-money laundering and trade controls matters by Washington, D.C. Eric Volkman (Partner), with Eric Green (Associate), and on environmental matters by New York David Langer (Counsel), with Tal Carmeli (Associate).

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