Simpson Thacher represented Snow Phipps Group, LLC (“Snow Phipps”) in connection with its completed sale of Boyd Corporation (“Boyd”) to Genstar Capital. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Snow Phipps is a private equity firm focused on small to mid-market control investments. Boyd is a leading designer and manufacturer of highly engineered, specialty material-based energy management and environmental sealing solutions.
The Firm represented Snow Phipps in its acquisition of Boyd in July 2012 and completed several follow-on acquisitions for Boyd, including its acquisition of certain die-cut businesses of Brady Corporation in August 2014 and its acquisition of the SOLIMIDE foam business of Evonik AG in September 2014.
The Simpson Thacher team includes Andrew Smith, S. Chi Pan, Phong Quan and Maria Monte (M&A); Gary Mandel, Devin Heckman and David Holmberg (Tax); Lori Lesser, Samantha Himelman and Michelle Morad (Intellectual Property); Tristan Brown and Linda Barrett (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits); Adeeb Fadil and Noreen Lavan (Environmental); Krista McManus (Real Estate); Peter Guryan, Michael Naughton, Kenneth Ehrhard and Richard Jamgochian (Competition); and Stephanie Rotter and Mike Vernace (Finance).