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Oak Hill Completes Acquisition of Checkers Drive-In Restaurants
- Client News
- April 27, 2017
Paul, Weiss represented Oak Hill Capital Partners in its completed $525 million acquisition of Tampa-based drive-through restaurant chain Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. from Sentinel Capital Partners. Under the terms of the deal, the management team of Checkers will continue running the company, which has approximately 840 restaurants in 29 states.
The Paul, Weiss team included, among others, corporate partners Angelo Bonvino, Brian Lavin and Eric Goodison and counsel Marta Kelly; employee benefits partner Robert Fleder; intellectual property counsel Menachem Kaplan; real estate partner Mitchell Berg; tax partner David Sicular and counsel Mashiho Yuasa; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.