Kirkland Advises VSP Vision on Acquisition of Marcolin

Kirkland & Ellis advised leading visions benefits company VSP Vision on a definitive agreement to acquire Marcolin from private equity firm PAI Partners and other minority shareholders. The acquisition of Marcolin, a global leader in eyewear design, manufacturing and distribution, will mark a significant eyewear investment by VSP Vision to provide even more value to its stakeholders. Marcolin is a global leader in eyewear design, manufacturing and distribution with a portfolio that includes luxury and lifestyle brands Tom Ford, Zegna, Christian Louboutin, ic! berlin, Max Mara, Guess and others. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025 and is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Rajab Abbassi, Kimberly Meng Han, Yash Nair, Hunter Kodama, Julia Mark and Victoria Mascia; real estate lawyers John Goldman, Zeina Kazour and Natalia Ortiz; employment & labor lawyers Risa Salins and George Cartveli; executive compensation lawyers Rohit Nafday and Kelsie Harris; employee benefits lawyers Matthew Antinossi and Mackenzie Packard; environmental transactions lawyers Paul Tanaka and Courtney Tibbetts; technology and IP transactions lawyers Seth Traxler, Joanna Schlingbaum and David Yaka; healthcare lawyers Dennis Williams, Robert Kantrowitz, Olivia Kaufmann and Marie Macaulay; tax lawyers Mike Beinus, Polina Liberman and Meena Kandallu; antitrust & competition lawyers Stephen Mohr, Chuck Boyars, Mariana del Carmen Fernandez, Matthew Wheatley, Declan Duggan and Meredith Malcolm; international risk lawyers Justin Campbell, Nick Niles and Shruti Chandhok; capital markets lawyers Sharon Freiman, Zoey Hitzert, Jacqueline Cloutier, Wei Yang and Christina Panagoulia Triantafillopoulos; and debt finance lawyers Jud Oswald, Brittany Roger, Ben Burton and Lloyd Robertson-Jones.