The Firm is representing The Brickman Group, Ltd. LLC (“Brickman”) in its acquisition of a majority interest in ValleyCrest Holding Co. ("ValleyCrest"). The transaction is expected to close by mid-2014. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Brickman is the leading provider of landscape maintenance and snow removal services in the U.S. with nearly 10,000 employees nationwide, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. KKR acquired a majority share in Brickman in 2013. ValleyCrest is the nation's largest integrated landscape services company with 11,200 employees and operations in more than 150 locations nationwide, headquartered in Calabasas, California. MSD Capital acquired a majority share in ValleyCrest in 2007. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius served as co-counsel to Brickman.
The Simpson Thacher team included Gary Horowitz, Jakob Rendtorff and Paul Bennett (M&A); Tristan Brown, David Mollo-Christensen and David Teigman (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Steven Todrys, Jason Vollbracht and Michael Cardella (Tax); Joe Tringali, Sara Razi, Jennifer Rie (Antitrust); and Michael Isby and Timothy Mulvihill (Environmental).