Mergers & Acquisitions
May 20, 2014
Kirkland helps private equity firm buy Red Lobster chain for $2.1 billion
San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital acquired the Red Lobster restaurant chain for $2.1 billion in a deal announced Friday with counsel from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital said Friday it acquired the Red Lobster restaurant chain for $2.1 billion in cash with counsel from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
In a statement, Red Lobster's former owner, restaurant chain conglomerate Darden Restaurants Inc., said the company and its advisers had been in talks with "a broad universe of potential financial and stra...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In