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Latham & Watkins Advises GFL Environmental Inc. on Completed Acquisition of Frontier Waste Solutions

April 9, 2026
Multidisciplinary team represented the diversified environmental services company in the transaction. 

GFL Environmental Inc. (NYSE: GFL) (TSX: GFL), a leading North American diversified environmental services company, announced the closing of the acquisition of Frontier Waste Solutions, a vertically integrated network of solid waste assets across 24 sites in Texas. The Frontier assets are supported by a fleet of over 650 vehicles and nearly 1,000 employees.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented GFL Environmental in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by New York partners Michael Vardanian and Matthew Villar, with associates Josh Meyer, Grant Steiger, and Morgan Banaszak and assistance from Cleo Chang. Advice was also provided on tax matters by New York partner Eric Kamerman, with associate Ted Gkoo; on benefits and compensation matters by New York partner Austin Ozawa, with associate Drew Baker; on labor and employment matters by Chicago counsel Laura Waller, with associate Elizabeth Duncan; on real estate matters by New York partner Dara Denberg, with associate Michael Nieberg; on environmental matters by New York partner Gary Gengel, with associates Tyler Krenek and Matthew Green; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Pelin Serpin, with associate Ece Gonulal; on data privacy matters by Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associate Kathryn Parsons Reponte; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Mandy Reeves and Lindsey Champlin, with associate Alec Dougherty; on capital markets matters by New York/Los Angeles partner Brittany Ruiz, with associates Connor Adams, Rachel Moore, and Kan Ni; and on public company representation matters by New York counsel Irina Yevmenenko.

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