A Blank Rome team served as legal counsel to Victor Capital Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm investing in branded, mission-driven companies in specialty consumer, industrial technology, and business service industries, in its acquisition of The Coats Company from Vontier Corporation (NYSE:VNT). Coats is a global manufacturer and distributor of Coats-branded wheel service, alignment, inspection, lift, and shop productivity equipment and services headquartered in LaVergne, Tennessee. The transaction closed on January 8, 2024.
For more information on this transaction, please read the press release: The Coats Company Joins with Victor Capital Partners to Accelerate Innovation and Growth.
The Blank Rome team was led by Gary Goldenberg, Linsey Bozzelli, Brock Wittmeyer, Jourdan Garvey, and Melissa Griest, with significant support from Kevin Baum, Mark Blondman, Josh Broderson, Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld, and Adam Sansweet. Also assisting were Hannah Ahn, Jacob Brownstein, Lisa Campisi, Jason Hirsch, Michael Kadlec, Mary Anne Kowalczyk, Hilary Lee, Alan Lieblich, Riki McGettigan, Jean-Claire Perini, Anthony Rapa, Karen Shin, Lisa Casey Spaniel, Nelson Sproat, Frank Tamulonis, and Jillian Taylor.