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Wellspring to Sell Tradesmen International
- Client News
- January 3, 2017
Paul, Weiss is representing Tradesmen International, LLC, a Wellspring portfolio company, in its sale to private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone. Tradesmen is the leading agency-based provider of outsourced skilled craftsmen to non-residential construction and industrial contractors in North America. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partners Angelo Bonvino and Tom de la Bastide, and counsel Julie Martinelli, Chris Poggi and Marta Kelly; tax partner Scott Sontag; employee benefits partner Larry Witdorchic; real estate partner Peter Fisch; intellectual property partner Chuck Googe; and environmental counsel William O'Brien.