DLA Piper has advised McBride, a UK supplier of household and personal care products, on its £39.3m bid to acquire Chemolux from Henkel. Corporate partner Jonathan Watkins led the team at DLA Piper. Luxembourg soaps manufacturer Chemolux was advised by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton M&A partner William Groll.
Denton Wilde Sapte has acted for cosmetics company Pout and its shareholders on its acquisition by US private equity house Catterton Partners. Pout will be taken over by Chrysallis, part of Catterton Partners’ portfolio of companies, for an undisclosed sum. The team at Dentons was led by M&A partner Jeremy Cohen, while Slaughter and May corporate partner Stephen Cooke acted for Catterton Partners.
