Kirkland Advises Verdane on Merger of Urban Sports Club and Wellhub

Kirkland & Ellis has advised growth equity specialist Verdane on the merger of Urban Sports Club, a European provider of corporate employee benefit programs and consumer wellness solutions, and Wellhub, a leading global corporate wellbeing platform.

The transaction is subject to customary regulatory closing conditions.

Kirkland had already advised Verdane on its investment in Urban Sports Club in 2023.

Read the transaction press release

The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Greta-Josefin Harnisch, Hendrik Braun, Dave Gusella, Florian Kalbfleisch, Tamara Zehentbauer and Austin McCarthy; antitrust & competition lawyers Philipp Gnatzy, Miguel Suarez Medina, Brady Sweet and Sara Jungewelter; and technology & IP transactions lawyer Abby O’Neill.