Latham & Watkins Advises Sterling Group in Sale of West Star Aviation to Greenbriar Equity Group

Greenbriar Equity Group, L.P. (Greenbriar), announced that funds managed by Greenbriar acquired West Star Aviation, a highly regarded provider of maintenance, repair, and overhaul for business aviation aircraft from The Sterling Group. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents the Sterling Group and West Star Aviation in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Houston partners Bruce Herzog and Nick Dhesi, with associates Brad Guest, Zach Lippman, and Wyatt Wisnosky. Advice was also provided on antitrust and FDI matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jason Cruise and counsel Patrick English, with assistance from Lila Rosenfeld; on benefits and compensation matters by New York partner Bradd Williamson and Chicago counsel Leah Segall, with associate Mary Daniel Morgan; on tax matters by Bay Area partner Katharine Moir, with associate Jake Meninga; on data privacy matters by Houston partner Robert Brown, with associate Priyanka Krishnamurthy; on intellectual property matters by associate Zachary Shufro; on environmental matters by Los Angeles partner Aron Potash; on real estate matters by New York counsel Shira Bressler; and on finance matters by New York partner Joshua Tinkelman.