Latham & Watkins Advises Coalesce Capital on Growth Investment in ClearDefense

Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in next-generation technology-enabled services companies, announced a growth investment in ClearDefense Pest Control, a leading independent provider of residential pest control services in the Southeast.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Coalesce Capital in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Boston partners Ryan McCarthy and Nate Amory, with associates Cusaj Thomas, Aubrey Trudeau, Niko Orfanedes,* and Peter Erberich. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Washington, D.C. partner Andrea Ramezan-Jackson, with associates James Aldred and Christina McLeod; on intellectual property, data privacy, and cybersecurity matters by Boston partner Deborah Hinck, with associate Daniel Barks; on compensation and benefits matters by Boston partner Josh Friedman, with associate Rebecca Fishbein; on labor and employment matters by New York partner Sandra Benjamin, with associates Jenny Bobbitt and Alyssa Dantoin; on private equity finance matters by Boston partner Susan Parker, with associates Payton Reisinger, Emily Teems, and Sebin Lee;** on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Harrison White; and on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Patrick English, with associate Ben Bouwman.

*Admitted to practice in New York and Washington, D.C. 
**Admitted to practice in New York.