Latham Advises Viking Global Investors in Strategic Investment in Machine Sciences

Machine Sciences, a leading aerospace component supplier and precision manufacturer, has announced a strategic investment by Viking Global Investors (Viking), a global investment firm based in the US with over US$55 billion of capital under management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Viking in the transaction with a team led by New York partner Pete Sluka and Boston partner Spencer Ricks, with Boston counsel Andy Moosmann and associates Sally Gu and Alberto Cabrera Rivera. Advice was also provided on benefits and compensation matters by Boston partner Josh Friedman and Chicago counsel Sandhya Chandrasekhar, with associates Rebecca Fishbein and Tal Simon; on labor and employment matters by Chicago partner Nineveh Alkhas, with associate Imara Joroff; on intellectual property matters by associates Deborah Hinck and Susana Santos; on tax matters by Los Angeles partner Pardis Zomorodi, with assistance from Daniel Mousseri; on export/sanctions matters by Washington, D.C. counsel Ruchi Gill, with associate Matthew Crawford; on compliance matters by Washington, D.C. partner Erin Brown Jones; on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Harrison White, with assistance from Brock Meyer; and on finance matters by Boston partner Alex Harris, with assistance from Anna Olsson.