Latham & Watkins Advises Capitol Meridian Partners and Stellex Capital Management in Acquisition of Beaufort

Survitec, a global provider of survival technology, has announced that it has agreed to sell its aerospace and defense division, Beaufort, in a carve-out transaction to investment firms Capitol Meridian Partners and Stellex Capital Management.

Latham & Watkins LLP advised Capitol Meridian Partners (CMP) and Stellex Capital Management (Stellex) in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Washington, D.C. partner Cory Tull and London partners Richard Butterwick and Jon Fox, with associates Pierre-Axel Aberg, Ryan Martin, Conor Nolan, Vlad Vasiliev, Aslihan Alparslan, and Tanay Mukherjee, and assistance from Gus Courtauld and Jummy Olawuyi. Advice was also provided on tax matters by London partner Simon Skinner, with associate Mimi Kyprianou and assistance from Yalda Gafore; on US tax matters by New York partner David Raab, with associate Michael Yu; on data and technology matters by London partner Fiona Maclean and New York partner Steve Betensky, with associates Oliver Mobasser, Liz Longster, and Kate Burrell; and on finance matters by Washington, D.C. partners Melissa Fabian and Jeff Chenard, London partner Charles Armstrong, and Washington, D.C. counsel Marie Greenman, with associates Mahika Narula, Eleni Belay, Corrie Eames, Farisha Khan, and Grace McCarthy with assistance from Raven Earnest.