Cleary Gottlieb is representing Warburg Pincus in its acquisition of Gabriel Brothers, an off-price fashion and home retailer, from Alvarez & Marsal Capital.
The Cleary Gottlieb M&A team representing Warburg Pincus includes partners David Leinwand and Jim Langston, associates Zheng (Jonathan) Zhou, Yoon Suk Choo and Michael Spirtos and law clerks Tomas Rua and Fernando Martinez. Partner Meme Peponis and associates Shirley Lo, Matthew Mao, Lizzie Gomez and Tumi Adebiyi advised on the financing of the transaction. Partner Michael Albano and associates Laura Bagarella and Alexander Kurtz advised on employee benefits matters. Partners Jason Factor and Corey Goodman and associate Anne Xu advised on tax matters.
Partner Daniel Ilan, associate Daniel Forester and law clerk Diana Yu advised on intellectual property matters. Partner Steve Horowitz and associates Theodore Samets and Michelle Ippolito advised on real estate matters. Senior attorney Arminda Bepko advised on IP litigation issues. Counsel Rick Bidstrup, associate Beau Sterling and law clerk Karen O’Neill Ocasio advised on EHS issues. All lawyers are based in New York, except for Rick Bidstrup, Beau Sterling and Karen O’Neill Ocasio, who are based in Washington.
