Dechert Advises Seawall Capital on Acquisition of Kent Water Sports Holdings and Related Entities

Dechert advised Seawall Capital, LLC in the acquisition of Kent Water Sports Holdings, LLC and its related entities for an undisclosed amount. The transaction closed on December 31, 2020. 

Seawall Capital is a middle-market private equity firm focused on making investments in companies with strong connections to their end consumers. Kent Water Sports is a diverse platform of action sports brands with a broad product set spanning personal flotation devices, wakeboards, water skis, towable tubes, snowboards and more.

The Dechert team advising Seawall Capital includes corporate partners Naz Zilkha and Gareth Clark and associates Jieun Paik, Emily Standen, Tiffany Pan, Victoria Woodward, and Shannon Footer; finance partners Sarah Gelb and Samantha Koplik and associates Cem Islikci, Leila Malek, Alejandra Lankenau and Angelina Liang; financial services associate Elizabeth McClain; tax partner Steven Clemens and associate Elizabeth Guidi; real estate special counsel Francois Quintard-Morenas; labor counsel Jeffrey Rubin and associate Gurbir Sandhu; intellectual property partner Thomas Rayski and associate Alex Tagawa; employee benefits partner Howard Klein and associate Michael Binko; environmental partner Abbi Cohen; privacy and cybersecurity partner Karen Neuman and associate Michael Tierney; Hong Kong partner Stephen Chan and associate Helen Wong; and antitrust partner James Fishkin and counsels Beverly Ang and Michael Okkonen.

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