Latham & Watkins Advises Platinum Equity in Acquisition of Energy Distribution Partners

Platinum Equity announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire EDP, a leading provider of propane distribution and other related services to residential, commercial, and agricultural customers across the United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Platinum Equity in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Washington, D.C. partners David Brown and Marc Granger, with associates Antione Hudson and Caleb Friedman. Advice was provided on intellectual property matters by Washington, D.C. counsels Kieran Dickinson and Ryan Clore, with associates Kellye Quirk and Dena Behnam; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Boston partner Deborah Hinck, with associate Susana Santos; on benefits and compensation matters by Washington, D.C. partner Adam Kestenbaum and Chicago counsel Daniel Bop, with associate Amal Rafiq; on tax matters by New York partner Matthew Dewitz; on ESG matters by London partner Michael Green, with associate James Bee; on environmental matters by Los Angeles partner Aron Potash, with associates Nathaniel Glynn and Brandon Kerns; on US export trade controls and sanctions matters by Washington, D.C. counsel Ruchi Gill, with associate Monica Calce; on real estate matters by Chicago counsel Jeffrey Anderson, with associate David Rao; on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by Washington, D.C. partner Joseph Bargnesi, with associate Heather Artinian; on labor and employment matters by Chicago partner Nineveh Alkhas, with associates Jocelyn Wexler and Lauren Stark; on private equity finance matters by Washington, D.C. partners Scott Forchheimer and Melissa Fabian, with associates Jen Goldshtein, Matthew Bargamin, and Javin Dana; on government contracts matters by Washington, D.C. partner Kyle Jefcoat, with associate Jack Ring; on antitrust and FDI matters by Washington, D.C. partner Mandy Reeves, Hamburg partner Jana Dammann, Brussels partner Anthemis Economou, and Washington, D.C. counsel Keith Klovers, with associate Ben Bouwman; and on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Drew Levin, with associate Sandra Mathew.