H.I.G. Capital Acquires American Pacific Corporation

Ropes & Gray represented private investment firm H.I.G. Capital, LLC in its acquisition of chemical manufacturer American Pacific Corporation (NASDAQ: APFC) in an all-cash transaction. This transaction closed on February 27, 2014.

The Ropes & Gray team included private equity transactions partners Jason Freedman (San Francisco) and Carl Marcellino (New York); finance partners Stefanie Birkmann (New York) and Alexander Zeltser (New York); labor & employment partner Peter Ebb (Boston); real estate partners Peter Alpert (Boston) and David Djaha (New York); and life sciences partner Al Cacozza (Washington, D.C.).