Ropes & Gray Advises American Industrial Partners in its Acquisition of Domtar Corp.’s Personal Care Business

Ropes & Gray advised American Industrial Partners in its acquisition of Domtar Corporation’s Personal Care business for $920 million, subject to customary adjustments. The transaction was announced on Jan. 8. The press release is here. 

Domtar is a leading provider of a wide variety of fiber-based products including communication, specialty and packaging papers, market pulp and absorbent hygiene products. American Industrial Partners is an operationally-oriented middle market private equity firm focused on buying and improving industrial businesses with operations in the United States or Canada. 

The Ropes & Gray team that represented American Industrial Partners was led by private equity partner Daniel Evans (New York, Boston), and included private equity associate Todd Kornreich (New York), finance partner Stefanie Birkmann (New York), private equity partner Daniel Coyne (Boston), employment, executive compensation & benefits partner Alexandra Alperovich (New York), tax partner Adam Greenwood (New York), and tax associate Tristan Evans-Wilent (New York).