Latham & Watkins Advises Charlesbank in Completed Merger of Spectrotel and AireSpring

Spectrotel Holding, LLC (Spectrotel), a provider of managed network services and connectivity solutions, announced the completion of its previously announced merger with AireSpring, a provider of global connectivity, managed services, and network infrastructure solutions. The transaction brings together two channel-focused companies with complementary capabilities across managed networking, connectivity, and communications. Backed by Charlesbank Capital Partners, the newly merged organization also benefits from continued investment by Grain Management, while members of the Lonstein family, AireSpring’s founders, remain significant minority investors.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Charlesbank in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Boston partners Kristen Grannis and John Miller, with associates Monica Hernandez, Dante Spurlock, Alberto Cabrera Rivera, and Sarah Weiswasser. Advice was also provided on finance matters by New York partners Jerome McCluskey and Max Silverstein and Boston partner Alex Harris, with associates Yiyun Sun and Peter Erberich; on tax matters by New York partner Matthew Dewitz, with associate Shiyi Parsons; on compensation and benefits matters by New York partner Austin Ozawa, with associates Sanjana Rao and Jonathan Friedman; on labor and employment matters by New York partner Sandra Benjamin, with associates Jenny Bobbitt, Alexis Grinstead, and Alyssa Dantoin; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associate Kathryn Parsons-Reponte; on intellectual property matters by New York partners Steven Betensky and Pelin Serpin, with associate Jamie Eimbinder; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jason Cruise, New York partner Kyra Bromley, and Brussels partner Tomas Nilsson, with associates Carla Palma and Sabrina Feng; on FCC regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner Matt Brill, with associates Michael Herman, Chloé Nurik, and Hiromi Oka; on compliance matters by Washington, D.C. partner Joseph Bargnesi; and on sanctions matters by Washington, D.C. partner Andrew Galdes.