Düsseldorf, 8. Juni 2017. – Die internationale Wirtschaftskanzlei McDermott Will & Emery hat den Insolvenzverwalter Dr. Yorck Streitbörger beim Verkauf der ActionIT GmbH an die Schweizer Littlebit Technology Group beraten. Die Übernahme im Wege der übertragenen Sanierung tritt mit Wirkung zum 1. Juli 2017 in Kraft.

Bei der ActionIT GmbH handelt es sich um einen führenden deutschen IT-Distributor mit einem Jahresumsatz von 220 Mio. EUR in 2015. 2016 geriet die langjährig erfolgreiche ActionIT GmbH – auch aufgrund rechtlicher Auseinandersetzungen – in eine Liquiditätskrise und sah sich gezwungen, Insolvenzantrag zu stellen.

Die übernehmende Littlebit Technology Group bedient mit Niederlassungen in Zug (CH), Frankfurt (D), Wien (A) und Utrecht (NL) als IT-Distributor den gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum und die Benelux-Staaten. Das Unternehmen repräsentiert namhafte Hersteller von IT-Komponenten und Peripherieprodukten. Die Littlebit Technology Group konnte in 2016 einen Umsatz von rd. 360 Mio. CHF erwirtschaften.

Die Littlebit Technology Group erwirbt das Unternehmen der ActionIT GmbH im Wege eines Asset Deals, erwerbende Gesellschaft ist die neu gegründete ActionIT Distribution GmbH. Alle operativ tätigen Mitarbeiter der ActionIT GmbH werden durch die ActionIT Distribution GmbH übernommen und stehen Kunden und Lieferanten unverändert als Ansprechpartner zur Verfügung. Logistische Aktivitäten der Unternehmensgruppe werden in Frankfurt zusammengefasst.

Berater Insolvenzverwalter Dr. Streitbörger:

McDermott Will & Emery (Düsseldorf): Dr. Matthias Kampshoff, Dr. Marc Oberhardt, Dr. Thiemo Schäfer (alle Restrukturierungs- und Insolvenzrecht), Dr. Sandra Urban-Crell (Arbeitsrecht)

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McDermott Will & Emery ist eine führende internationale Anwaltssozietät. Mit über 1.000 Rechtsanwälten sind wir an folgenden Standorten weltweit vertreten: Boston, Brüssel, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt a. M., Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Mailand, München, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rom, Seoul, Silicon Valley und Washington, DC. Es besteht eine strategische Allianz mit MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai. Die deutsche Praxis wird von der McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP geführt. www.mwe.com.

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München, 4. Juni 2017 – Die internationale Wirtschaftskanzlei McDermott Will & Emery hat die Gesellschafter der AAT Antriebstechnik GmbH, die Herren Thomas und Markus Alber, bei dem Verkauf sämtlicher Anteile an das schwedische Traditionsunternehmen REAC AB beraten. Die AAT Alber Antriebstechnik, ein erfolgreiches Unternehmen in der Rehabilitations- und Transporttechnik, vertreibt mobile, flexible und praktikable Treppensteigsysteme und Zusatzantriebe. Die REAC AB gehört zur Investment AB Latour und ist seit vielen Jahren erfolgreich als Zulieferer auf dem Rehamarkt tätig.

Mit dem Verkauf der 1995 gegründeten AAT Alber Antriebstechnik wurde eine gesicherte und vielversprechende Nachfolgeregelung getroffen, die es dem Unternehmen ermöglicht, langfristig seine Marktposition weiter auszubauen und den wachsenden Anforderungen der Zukunft gerecht zu werden. Sie bleibt innerhalb der REAC AB als eigenständiges Unternehmen erhalten. Mit der frisch eingeweihten Erweiterung ihres Produktionsgebäudes wird der Standort Albstadt langfristig gesichert.

Das McDermott-Team stand unter der Leitung des Münchner Partners Dr. Carsten Böhm.

Berater AAT Alber Antriebstechnik GmbH:

McDermott Will & Emery: Dr. Carsten Böhm (Federführung), Dr. Germar Enders (beide Gesellschaftsrecht), Dr. Paul Melot de Beauregard (Arbeitsrecht), Steffen Woitz (IT, alle München), Holger Weiß (Gesellschaftsrecht), Christian Krohs (Kartellrecht, beide Düsseldorf), Markus Hill, Nina Siewert (Steuerrecht, beide Frankfurt), Patryk Wcislo (Kartellrecht, Düsseldorf), Maximilian Baur (Arbeitsrecht), Matthias Weingut, Ralf Richter (beide Gesellschaftsrecht, alle München).

McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery ist eine führende internationale Anwaltssozietät. Mit über 1.000 Rechtsanwälten sind wir an folgenden Standorten weltweit vertreten: Boston, Brüssel, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt a. M., Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Mailand, München, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rom, Seoul, Silicon Valley und Washington, DC. Es besteht eine strategische Allianz mit MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai. Die deutsche Praxis wird von der McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP geführt. www.mwe.com.

McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,100 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

BOSTON (March 30, 2017) – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery served as legal adviser to Neurovance, Inc., a Massachusetts-based, venture-funded, clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for attention-deficit hyperactivity and related disorders, in its acquisition on March 17 by a major Japanese pharmaceutical company. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Neurovance’s sellers received $100 million in upfront payments at closing, and will receive up to $150 million in additional payments contingent on achievement of development and approval milestones, as well as future additional payments contingent on achievement of sales milestones. Following the consummation of the transaction, Neurovance will be an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

“Major life science companies continue to entrust McDermott Will & Emery with complex and often seminal transactions. We are pleased to be able to deliver our multidisciplinary, cross border solutions to our valued, life science clients,” noted Byron Kalogerou, Chair of the firm’s Life Science Industry Group.

About the Life Sciences Practice Group at McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott’s lawyers in the United States and Europe, in conjunction with MWE China Law Offices, have successfully negotiated and closed hundreds of deals on behalf of life sciences businesses worldwide. Ranked nationally for M&A, health and life sciences by Chambers USA and The Legal 500, we counsel clients whose products include medical devices, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. The size and scope of our clients’ operations are equally diverse; we represent start-ups, large multinationals, and venture capital, private equity and large public investor funds in the United States and abroad.

About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice, with more than 1,000 lawyers and offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

NEW YORK (March 21, 2017) — McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the arrival of Ian Schwartz as a partner in the Firm’s Corporate & Transactional Practice Group in the New York office. Mr. Schwartz will be head of the Firm’s Investment Funds Practice with a focus on fund formation and a particular emphasis on the formation of private equity funds.

Mr. Schwartz comes from an AmLaw 100 firm where he counseled private fund clients in the structuring, establishment, and operation of their funds. He also has experience advising funds and their investment advisers on the legal and regulatory compliance aspects of fund formation.

“Ian is a highly respected fund formation lawyer with extensive experience,” said Harris Siskind, global head of McDermott’s Corporate & Transactional Practice. “Ian’s focus on private equity investment management will be a great asset to our clients as we look to bolster the fund formation offerings within our global platform.”

Mr. Schwartz has counseled clients across various industries in an array of investment strategies including buyout, real estate, infrastructure, mezzanine debt, collateral debt obligation, co-investment, and region-specific in Western Europe, India, and Asia. As such, Mr. Schwartz has served as legal counsel in numerous multibillion-dollar and middle-market private investment fund-raisings for institutional and boutique sponsors in various industries around the world.

“We are thrilled to welcome yet another talented Corporate & Transactional lateral to the office,” said John T. Lutz, head of McDermott’s New York office. “Ian continues the build-out of the Firm’s corporate offerings in New York, and his particular skillset will be a great complement to the private equity momentum sparked by the recent arrival of partners Rob Goldstein, Jeremy Dickens, and Frank Steinherr.” Other recent hires in the Firm’s New York office include partners Steven Eckhaus, Rebecca Martin, Daniel Martin, and Evan Belosa.

Mr. Schwartz received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center where he served on The Georgetown Law Journal.

About McDermott Will & Emery’s Corporate & Transactional Practice
McDermott’s Corporate & Transactional Practice represents business interests around the world, from global corporations and industry-leading companies to privately funded and entrepreneurial driven enterprises, as well as the financial institutions that support them. McDermott consistently ranks in the leading league tables, including Mergermarket, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and PitchBook. The Corporate & Transactional Practice Group was named “Team of the Year” for Middle Market M&A/Buyouts by The Legal 500 and is highly ranked by Chambers in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.

About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

CHICAGO (March 20, 2017) – McDermott continues to be recommended in Chambers Global 2017 guide. The Firm upholds top-ranked global-wide Band 1 position for International Private Client and moves up the ranks to global-wide Band 4 position in Tax. Furthermore, the Firm is recommended for the first time as ‘Recognized Practitioner’ in France: Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration.

The Firm received 11 practice rankings in various jurisdictions, and with 48 lawyer rankings and recommendations, keeps an international presence in the guide, across multiple regions including: Africa, Europe, Canada, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, the UK and the USA.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• McDermott is top ranked global-wide in Band 1 for International Private Client.
• McDermott receives an improved global-wide ranking in Band 4 for Tax.
• McDermott receives practice rankings in the following regions:
  • France: Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration – Recognized Practitioner
  • Germany: Corporate/M&A – Band 5
  • Italy: Corporate/M&A – Band 4 & Foreign Desk for Germany
  • South Korea: Corporate/M&A: International Firm – Band 4
  • USA: Competition/Antitrust – Band 4
  • USA: Intellectual Property: Patent – Band 3
  • USA: Outsourcing – Band 3
  • USA: Privacy & Data Security – Band 3
  • USA: Tax Corporate & Finance – Band 3

• McDermott receives the following new and improved lawyer rankings/recommendations:
  • Jacob Grierson – France: Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration – Band 4
  • Alexander Lee – USA: International Tax – Band 4
  • Soren Lindstrom – Denmark: Corporate M&A – Foreign Expert Based in the USA
  • Stefano Mechelli – Italy: Dispute Resolution – Band 3
  • Alicia Videon – UK: Restructuring/Insolvency – Band 4
  • Hamid Yunis – UK: Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance – Spotlight Table

• Other lawyers who have maintained their rankings include:
  • Tim Alvino – (Transactions); Leigh-Alexandra Basha – (Private Client); Philip Bentley – (Antitrust); David Birchall – (Energy); Mélanie Bruneau – (Antitrust); Marco Cerritelli – (Energy); Henry Christensen – (Private Client); David Guedry – (Transactions); Nicholas Holland – (Private Client); Paul Kim – (Transactions); Sabine Konrad – (Trial); Jason Krieser – (Transactions); David Levine – (Regulatory); Philip McCarty – (Tax); Stefano Mechelli – (Trial); Read Moore – (Private Client); Jean-Claude Petilon – (Energy); Clive Stanbrook – (Antitrust); Carsten Steinhauer – (Energy); Massimo Trentino (Transactions); Andrew Vergunst – (Private Client); Philipp von Ilberg – (Transactions); Christian von Sydow – (Transactions); Wilko van Weert (Antitrust); Stephen Wells – (Tax) and Lowell Yoder – (Tax).

• Other lawyers recommended in editorial include:
  • Thomas Giegerich – (Tax); Daniel Gottlieb – (Health); Raymond Jacobsen – (Antitrust); Jean Pawlow – (Tax); Thomas Steindler – (IP) and Todd Welty – (Tax).

Düsseldorf, 16. März 2017. – Die internationale Wirtschaftskanzlei McDermott Will & Emery hat Oaktree Capital Management bei der Verwertung eines Darlehens im Wege des freihändigen Verkaufs in Kooperation mit den beteiligten Insolvenzverwaltern beraten. Bei der Transaktion erwarb die FFIRE Immobilienverwaltung AG ein Portfolio aus sechs Büroimmobilien in Ulm, Neuss, Bochum, Hattingen und Freiberg.

Die besonderen Schwierigkeiten der Transaktion verglichen mit einem „normalen“ Asset Deal lagen darin, dass die Verkäufergesellschaften aus Deutschland und Luxemburg sowohl insolvent sind als auch unter Zwangsverwaltung stehen. Diese Konstellation stellte alle Beteiligten auf Käufer- und Verkäuferseite im Hinblick auf Transaktionssicherheit vor komplexe rechtliche Probleme. So galt es zum Beispiel, ebenso die Kaufpreiszahlung insolvenzsicher wie auch die Zahlung der Kaufpreise und die Beendigung der Zwangsverwaltung synchron zu gestalten.

Berater Oaktree Capital Management:

McDermott Will & Emery (Düsseldorf): Dr. Ulrich Flege (Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, Federführung), Dr. Marc Oberhardt (Insolvenzrecht), Nina Siewert (Steuerrecht, Frankfurt), Andreas Herzig (Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht)

McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

LOS ANGELES and ORANGE COUNTY (March 6, 2017) – McDermott Will & Emery announced today that Erika Mayshar has joined the firm as a partner and will split time between the Los Angeles and Orange County offices. Ms. Mayshar will use her background as a tax lawyer to practice at the intersection of McDermott’s core practice areas of Tax, Health and Private Client. She will be a member of the Health Practice Group with a focus on tax-exempt representation of entities within the health care industry.

Ms. Mayshar’s practice includes transactional tax planning for tax-exempt organizations and other business entities. With a significant focus on the health care industry, she advises hospitals, medical foundations, trade associations, charitable and religious organizations, advocacy organizations, and private foundations. Ms. Mayshar also counsels clients regarding the daily complexities of operating tax-exempt organizations and provides structuring advice for healthcare organizations and other nonprofits entering into joint ventures, affiliations, and similar strategic transactions. Ms. Mayshar will work closely with McDermott health partner Robert C. Louthian whose practice also intersects with a wide range of exempt entities such as hospitals and other institutional advisers, private foundations, scientific research organizations, universities, trade associations and corporate foundations.

“Erika is an important addition to our practice,” said Stephen Bernstein, global head of McDermott’s Health Practice Group. “Tax-exempt entities face unique and complex requirements, and as a highly accomplished tax lawyer, Erika will play a key role in helping us meet the needs of this rapidly expanding client base at the intersection of the health and tax arenas.”

Ms. Mayshar joins Alexander M. Lee and Alejandro Ruiz both of whom recently joined the Firm as partners in the Tax Practice Group in the Los Angeles and Silicon Valley offices respectively. The addition of these highly skilled tax lawyers further enhances the strength of McDermott’s transactional tax capabilities on the West Coast and across the Firm’s global platform. “Erika will build upon the West Coast momentum sparked by the recent arrivals of Alex and Alejandro,” said Lowell D. Yoder, global head of McDermott’s Tax Practice Group. “She and the other new arrivals to our California offices will enhance the work already being done by other tax partners like Dan Zucker in Chicago, and will increase our client capabilities from coast to coast and around the world.”

Ms. Mayshar will similarly team with our Private Client lawyers, including Julie Kwon and Nicole Pearl of our Silicon Valley and Los Angeles Offices, to advise clients on private foundation and related matters. “Providing tax-exempt counseling for private foundations and other wealth management planning, Erika will be an important resource for our private client team serving high net worth clients, especially those on the West Coast,” said Carol Harrington, global head of McDermott’s Private Client Practice. “Our clients include affluent individuals and families, family offices, fiduciaries, private trust companies, and public and private charities who will benefit from Erika’s extensive knowledge and experience with tax-exempt matters.”

Ms. Mayshar currently serves as an advisory board member of the Center for Investment and Wealth Management at the University of California Paul Merage School of Business. She provides pro bono counseling to various tax-exempt organizations, including United Way and Irvine Public Schools Foundation.

Ms. Mayshar received a BA magna cum laude from Pomona College and a JD from Stanford Law School where she was an editor of the Stanford Law & Business Journal.

About McDermott’s Health Industry Practice
Major legal directories have identified McDermott as the undisputed leader in health care law. We are the only firm to receive Tier 1 national rankings by The Legal 500 USA, U.S. News-Best Lawyers and Chambers USA.

Our services to clients are comprehensive. We serve as general or special counsel on engagement-specific bases to many of the country’s leading integrated delivery and academic medical center health systems, hospitals, large medical groups, health private equity funds, ambulatory surgery centers and their management companies, physician and dental practice management companies, nursing home chains, health technology companies, home health agencies, health maintenance organizations and other health insurers, and hospices. We also represent medical device, pharmaceutical and medical supply manufacturers and distributors. By building multidisciplinary teams of specialists, we are committed to engaging with all types of health care organizations as a trusted, knowledgeable and innovative advisor.

About McDermott Will & Emery’s Tax Practice Group
McDermott Will & Emery’s Tax Practice Group includes more than 250 lawyers practicing in the areas of US and international taxation, estate and gift taxation, state and local taxation, and employee benefits. Among this group of exceptional lawyers is our US & International Tax group, comprised of 100 lawyers in the US, Europe and Asia, who provide counsel in all areas of taxation to a wide range of public and private multinational companies with operations in more than 70 countries. They assist with mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international tax planning, internal restructurings, transfer pricing, controversies, joint ventures, legislative matters and compliance.

McDermott was named “Tax Law Firm of the Year” in the 2016 “Best Law Firms” survey published by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers. This is the second time in four years that the Firm has received this prestigious recognition. McDermott was also named “Law Firm of the Year in Tax Litigation” in 2014, “Law Firm of the Year in Tax Law” in 2013 and “Law Firm of the Year in Employee Benefits” in 2012, all in the Best Law Firms rankings published by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers.

About the Private Client Practice Group
McDermott’s Private Client Practice Group represents high-net-worth individuals, families and closely held businesses with an extraordinary focus on the client’s specific, unique objectives. The team of more than 75 lawyers and 30 non-lawyer professionals has been recognized as the top private client practice in the United States and among the top practices worldwide. The practice operates out of offices in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Silicon Valley and Washington DC with lawyers regularly working together to service clients of the firm.

About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

Düsseldorf, 1. März 2017. – Der Düsseldorfer Standort der internationalen Wirtschaftskanzlei McDermott Will & Emery wächst auch in diesem Jahr. Zum 1. März 2017 verstärken Dr. Alexa Ningelgen als Partner und Dr. Eva Schöneich als Counsel die Kanzlei.

Dr. Alexa Ningelgen ist Spezialistin für öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht. Sie verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung in Verwaltungsverfahren und verwaltungsgerichtlichen Auseinandersetzungen vor allem in den Bereichen Energie, Infrastruktur, Lebensmittelrecht, Anstaltsrecht und Ausländerrecht. Daneben liegt ein Schwerpunkt ihrer Praxis im öffentlichen Bauplanungs- und Bauordnungsrecht. Dr. Ningelgen kommt von Hogan Lovells zu McDermott.

Dr. Eva Schöneich unterstützt ab dem 1. März 2017 als Counsel die deutsche Corporate Praxis ebenfalls in Düsseldorf. Frau Dr. Schöneich hat Erfahrung in der Beratung nationaler und internationaler Unternehmen und Banken in gesellschaftsrechtlichen Fragestellungen mit einem Schwerpunkt auf M&A-Transaktionen. Ihre Erfahrung erstreckt sich auf die Beratung von Private-Equity-Unternehmen und Unternehmen auf den Feldern Biotechnologie, Pharmazie und Materialfertigung. Sie war zuvor bei einer anderen internationalen Sozietät und zuletzt als Referentin der Kulturstaatsministerin tätig.

Dr. Norbert Schulte, Leiter der deutschen Büros von McDermott und Office Head des Düsseldorfer Büros, zeigt sich sehr glücklich über die Zugänge: „Es freut uns sehr, dass wir mit Frau Dr. Ningelgen und Frau Dr. Schöneich zwei ausgezeichnete Juristinnen für unsere Sozietät gewinnen können. Frau Dr. Ningelgen wird aus Düsseldorf heraus den Bereich Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht aufbauen. Frau Dr. Schöneich ist eine wertvolle Ergänzung unserer gut ausgelasteten Gesellschaftsrechtspraxis. Die Beispiele der Beiden zeigen, dass unsere Kanzlei weiter auf gutem Wachstumskurs ist.“

Bereits zu Beginn des Jahres hatte McDermott Zuwächse verzeichnet. Dr. Michael Cziesla, ehemaliger Managing Partner von King & Wood Mallesons, war als Partner gemeinsam mit seinem langjährigen Mitarbeiter Normann Wasse, der als Counsel einstieg, zum Frankfurter Büro dazu gestoßen und erweitert die gesellschaftsrechtliche Praxis vor Ort. Dort hatte wenige Wochen später auch Partner Markus Hill als Steuerrechtler das Büro verstärkt. Weitere Zuwächse an allen Standorten sind konkret geplant.

NEW YORK (February 23, 2017) – McDermott Will & Emery acted as legal advisor to consumer-focused private equity firm Fireman Capital and portfolio company Skip Hop, Inc. on the latter’s sale to Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE: CRI) for $140 million in cash plus future incentives.

The McDermott Will & Emery team representing Fireman Capital Partners and portfolio company Skip Hop, Inc. was led by corporate partners Todd Finger and Frank Steinherr with assistance from corporate partner Lindsey Reighard; tax partners Dan Zucker and Tom Young; real estate partners Elias Eliopoulos and Dan Martin; finance partner Adam Spiegel; executive compensation and labor, employment and benefits partners Maureen O’Brien and Joe Urwitz; antitrust partner Carla Hine; environmental partner Daphne Trotter; intellectual property partner Jorge Arciniega; litigation partner Todd Harrison; intellectual property counsel Jason Yu; executive compensation and labor, employment and benefits associate Ashley McCarthy; and corporate associates Scott Regan and Nicole Yoon.

Boston-based Fireman Capital acquired a majority stake in SkipHop in November 2013. Skip Hop is one of the fastest growing global providers of branded products and accessories for parents, babies and children. The company, founded in New York City in 2003, sells its products in more than 5,000 retail shops in over 60 countries including the US and Canada.

The acquirer, Carter’s, based in Atlanta, is the largest branded marketer of apparel and related products for babies and young children. It owns the Carter’s and OshKosh B’gosh brands.

Harris Williams & Co. served as the exclusive financial advisor to Skip Hop.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as financial advisor and King & Spalding LLP acted as legal counsel to Carter’s in connection with the transaction.

About Fireman Capital Partners (FCP)
Fireman Capital Partners invests in consumer-focused companies through both growth equity and buyout transactions. The private equity firm focuses on dynamic consumer businesses with revenues between 30MUSD and 150MUSD, who also have a unique vision, strong product and market share, and sound management. FCP leverages its capital, extensive network, and deep operating expertise to add substantial value. The firm is currently invested in Oskar Blues Brewery Holdings, Newton Running, Idea Paint, and Surfside Coffee Company, with realized investments in Hudson Jeans, Evolution Fresh, and Serena and Lily, in addition to Skip Hop.

About Skip Hop
Skip Hop Inc. is a New York City company devoted to designing innovative products for moms and dads. The company understands the challenges faced by today’s parents as they are adjusting to their new lives. They study how families use existing parenting products, and armed with this knowledge, create smarter, more innovative solutions that combine advanced functionality and modern design. The result is a variety of exciting essentials that make day-to-day living easier (and better!) for today’s moms and dads. For more information on Skip Hop please visit www.skiphop.com.

About McDermott Will & Emery’s Transactional Practice Group
McDermott’s Corporate & Transactional Practice represents business interests around the world, from global corporations and industry-leading companies to privately funded and entrepreneurial driven enterprises, as well as the financial institutions that support them. McDermott consistently ranks in the leading league tables, including Mergermarket, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and PitchBook. The Corporate & Transactional Practice Group was named “Team of the Year” for Middle Market M&A/Buyouts by The Legal 500 and is highly ranked by Chambers in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.

McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.