Kirkland Advises Bain Capital on $250 Million Growth Investment in Cuisine Solutions
Kirkland & Ellis advised Bain Capital on its $250 million investment in Cuisine Solutions Inc., the global leader and pioneer in sous vide premium foods. The minority investment will further establish Cuisine Solutions' authority in the sous vide category, provide additional resources to support accelerated product innovation, and expand its business domestically and internationally as well as the company's global manufacturing footprint beyond the United States, France, and Thailand. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2022 and is subject to customary closing conditions.
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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Adam Phillips and Jonathan Manor and associates Katya Boyko, Jordan Franks and Phil Fox, tax partner Mike Carew and associate Christine Lehman, capital markets partner Tim Cruickshank, environmental, health and safety partner Michael Saretsky and associate Sam Dykstra, executive compensation partner Kate Vera and associates Karsten Busby and Tom Kotlowski, employee benefits partner Alexandra Mihalas and associate Caitlin Bernice Pyrce, labor & employment partners R.D. Kohut and Madeline Klebanov and associate Mallory McKenzie, technology & IP transactions partner Vladimir Khodosh and associate Seth Pritchard, real estate partners John Goldman and Zeina Kazour and associate Christina Wa, antitrust partners Carla Hine, Paula Riedel and Athina Van Melkebeke and associates Samantha Jones and Ankita Gulati, and paralegal Asad Salahuddin.
