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Garda World Security Corporation Acquires Whelan Security

05.03.19

Simpson Thacher represented Garda World Security Corporation, the world’s largest privately-owned security services company, in connection with Garda’s acquisition of Whelan Security, which operates security guard services in the United States. The acquisition closed in April 2019. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Simpson Thacher team included Ryerson Symons, Johanna Mayer and Amanda Ng (M&A); Brian Robbins, Jamin Koslowe, Eric Wolf and Andrew Mandelbaum (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits); Gary Mandel and Sophie Staples (Tax); Leah Nudelman (Banking & Credit); Lori Lesser and Melanie Jolson (Intellectual Property); Krista McManus (Real Estate); Michael Isby (Environmental); Steven DeLott (Insurance); and Sara Razi, Kelly Karapetyan, Ellen Frye, John Goheen and Lindsey Bohl (Antitrust).