Latham & Watkins Advises Howard Hughes Holdings on Completed US$2.1 Billion Acquisition of Vantage Group Holdings

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HHH) announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. (Vantage), a privately held leading specialty insurance and reinsurance company backed by Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman, for approximately US$2.1 billion. The acquisition anchors Howard Hughes’ transformation into a diversified holding company.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Howard Hughes Holdings in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by partners Gary Boss, Kirsten Gaeta, Andrew Elken, and Michael Haas, with counsel Alexander Traum and Andrew Moosmann and associates Ozden Samur‑LaBruna, Jeremie Ruiz, and Max Morris, with assistance from Teresa Ella Wendel and Léa Nicolas. Advice was provided on capital markets matters by partner Abigail Smith, with associate Wei Cai; on labor and employment matters by counsel Sandra Benjamin; on debt finance matters by partner Joshua Tinkelman; on tax matters by partner Pardis Zomorodi, with associate Dominick Constantino; on employee benefits and executive compensation matters by partner Megan Alessi, with associate Robin Hellebrekers; on data privacy matters by partner Clayton Northouse; on trade controls matters by partner Erin Brown Jones; on antitrust matters by partner Caitlin Fitzpatrick; and on representation and warranty insurance matters by partner Harrison White.