Dechert LLP is advising MSD Partners, L.P. in its definitive agreement to acquire Ring Container Technologies, one of the largest plastic container manufacturers in North America. The acquisition also includes Rapac, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ring and the largest recycler of polystyrene in the U.S. and provider of engineered resins for a variety of end-use applications. The acquisition represents the transfer of ownership from Carl Ring and his family, which is expected to be finalized in the fourth quarter of 2017. Ring will continue to be led by CEO Ben Livingston and his executive team, who will retain their ownership interests.
The cross-border Dechert team advising MSD Partners included corporate partners Geraldine Sinatra and Eric Siegel in Philadelphia and Samantha Koplik in New York and corporate associates Allie Misner, Nicole Holden and Bertrand Choe in New York and Ross Montgomery and Joshua Smith in London; tax partner Edward Lemanowicz and tax associate Amanda Reed in Philadelphia; employee benefits partner Eric Rubin in Philadelphia and employee benefits associate Sarah Burke in New York; labor and employment associates Jeffrey Rubin in Philadelphia and Emma Byford and Emma Zarb in London; environmental partner Abbi Cohen in Philadelphia; real estate special counsel Francois Quintard-Morenas in New York; intellectual property special counsel Violetta Kokolus and intellectual property associate Margaret Mortimer in New York; international trade associate Darshak Dholakia in Washington; and antitrust partner Alec Burnside, national antitrust partner Anne MacGregor and antitrust associate Michael Okkonen in Brussels.
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