Dechert Advises One Equity Partners on Sale of Merfish United

 
August 05, 2021

Dechert is advising One Equity Partners on its definitive agreement to sell Merfish United, a leading master distributor of tubular building products in the United States, to Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., a diversified metal solutions provider and the largest metals service center operator in North America.

One Equity Partners is a middle market private equity firm focused on the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors in North America and Europe. The firm builds market-leading companies by identifying and executing transformative business combinations.

The Dechert team includes corporate partner Derek Winokur, and associates Shannon Footer, Leila Malek and Kenneth Winterbottom; tax partner Edward Lemanowicz and associate George Davis; antitrust partner James Fishkin and counsel Beverly Ang; employee benefits partner Howard Klein and associate Jake Phillips; real estate counsel Francois Quintard-Morenas; labor counsel Ian Downes; environmental counsel John Ix; and intellectual property partner Thomas Rayski.

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