Latham & Watkins Advises Capitol Meridian Partners on Investment in RH Aero Systems

RH Aero Systems, a global provider of aviation support equipment and services, announced it has reached an agreement for a strategic investment from Capitol Meridian Partners, a Washington, D.C.‑based investment firm that partners with market‑leading businesses at the intersection of commercial and government markets. RH Aero shareholders, including the Moeller family, who have led the company since its founding in 1967, will continue to be significant investors.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Capitol Meridian Partners in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Washington, D.C. partners Cory Tull and Brad Guest, with associates Monica Hernandez, Paul Bowers, and Brent Rice. Advice was also provided on German corporate matters by Frankfurt partner Leif Schrader, with associates Lara Stelmach and Nicolas Ormanns; on US tax matters by New York partner David Raab and Los Angeles counsel Eric Song; on Germany tax matters by Munich partner Stefan Süss, with associate Johannes Lieb; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Steven Betensky, with associate Jamie Eimbinder; on US benefits matters by Washington, D.C. partner David Della Rocca, with associates Bryce Groce and Heather Jäger; on US labor and employment matters by New York partner Sandra Benjamin, with associates Jocelyn Wexler* and Lauren Stark; on Germany labor, employment, and benefits matters by Germany partners Kristina Hufnagel and Tobias Leder, with associate Julian Traub; on US antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Peter Todaro and Ian Conner, with senior merger control attorney Matthew Piehl; on ex‑US antitrust matters by Brussels counsel Wesley Lepla, with associate Nayantara Mukerji; on ex‑US FDI matters by Hamburg partner Jana Dammann and Paris of counsel Charles‑Antoine Guelluy, with associates Aliénor Estrade, Enno Mensching, Nicolas Riemann, and Linus Witzenhausen; on US environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Joshua Marnitz, with associate Bruce Johnson; on anti‑corruption matters by Washington, D.C. partner Erin Brown Jones, with associate C.J. Rydberg; on sanctions and export controls matters by Washington, D.C. partner Andrew Galdes, with associate Monica Calce; on government contracts matters by Washington, D.C. partner Kyle Jefcoat, with associate Megan Rohn; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Houston/Austin partner Robert Brown, with associate Zac Alpert; and on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Drew Levin, with associate Sandra Mathew.

*Admitted to practice in Massachusetts only.