Latham Advises Platinum Equity in Its Acquisition of Solo Group

Latham & Watkins has advised Platinum Equity, a global investment firm based in Los Angeles, as it enters into exclusive negotiations to acquire Solo Group, a European market leader in business-to-business personalizable products, from company founder Alain Milgrom and management. Solo’s management team will retain a stake in the business.

The potential transaction remains subject to customary regulatory approvals and other conditions.

The Latham team was led by Paris corporate partners Gaëtan Gianasso and Simon Lange, and London corporate partners Tom Evans and Maarten Overmars, with associates Thibault Burnier, Juliette Gilioli, Mathilda Kanski, and Jia Yan Ng. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Paris partner Xavier Renard, with associate Clémence Morel; on finance matters by Paris counsel Etienne Gentil, with associate Natacha Enoh, and London partners Dominic Newcomb and Hendrik Smit, with associates Julie Van der Meersche, Avtar Singh Rai, and Isuri De Alwis; on antitrust matters by Paris and Brussels partners Mathilde Saltiel and Anthemis Economou, with associates Laure Maes and Panos Kokkinidis; and on ESG matters by London partners Paul Davies and Michael Green, with associate James Bee.