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Kohlberg Acquires Half of USIC From Partners Group
- Client News
- August 10, 2022
Paul, Weiss is advising Kohlberg & Company in its acquisition of a 50% stake in United States Infrastructure Corporation (USIC), the leading North American provider of utility location services, from Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm. Partners Group will retain a 50% co-lead interest. The transaction values USIC at an enterprise value of $4.1 billion.
The Paul, Weiss team includes corporate partners Angelo Bonvino, Samuel Welt, Thomas de la Bastide and Suhan Shim and counsel Julie Martinelli, Mikhel Schecter and Christodoulos Kaoutzanis; tax partner Lindsay Parks; litigation partner Aidan Synnott and counsel Peter Jaffe and Steven Herzog; intellectual property partner Charles Googe; real estate partner Peter Fisch; antitrust counsel Marta Kelly; international trade counsel Richard Elliott; executive compensation counsel Reuven Falik and Meghan Fox; and environmental counsel William O'Brien.