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KPS Sells United Copper Industries to Southwire
- Client News
- September 20, 2016
Paul, Weiss client KPS Capital Partners, LP announced that it has sold its portfolio company United Copper Industries, Inc. to Southwire Company, LLC. UCI is a leading manufacturer and distributor of copper building wire and cable in the U.S. and Canada. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partners Angelo Bonvino and Thomas de la Bastide and counsel David Harris, Julie Martinelli and Lindsey Wiersma; litigation partner Aidan Synnott; tax partner David Mayo; antitrust counsel Marta Kelly; environmental partner Gaines Gwathmey and counsel William O'Brien; employee benefits partner Robert Fleder and counsel Reuven Falik; intellectual property partner Chuck Googe; and real estate partner Peter Fisch.