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Oak Hill Sells Controlling Interest in The Hillman Companies to CCMP
- Client News
- June 30, 2014
Paul, Weiss client Oak Hill Capital Partners completed the sale of a controlling interest in The Hillman Companies, Inc. to affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC, in a transaction valuing Hillman at $1.475 billion. Founded in 1964 as a fastener and keys company, Hillman is a leader in the hardware and home improvement industry offering products for commercial and residential uses, as well as inventory management and in-store merchandising services. Oak Hill and certain members of Hillman's management have reinvested a portion of their proceeds in the transaction.
The Paul, Weiss team advising Oak Hill included corporate partners Angelo Bonvino, Eric Goodison and John Kennedy and counsel Didier Malaquin and Lindsey Wiersma; tax partner David Sicular; employee benefits partner Robert Fleder; environmental partner Gaines Gwathmey; intellectual property counsel Menachem Kaplan; and real estate partner Mitchell Berg.