London – Mayer Brown has advised longstanding client Unilever on its acquisition of the premium biotech haircare brand K18.
The acquisition complements Unilever's fast-growing portfolio of premium consumer brands and marks another step in the optimisation of Unilever's portfolio towards higher growth areas.
The Mayer Brown team was led by Corporate & Securities partners Andrew Stewart (London) and Jennifer Keating (Chicago) and included: Corporate & Securities senior associate Stephanie Grajales (London) and associates Thomas Wu (Palo Alto), Georgia Stylianou (London), and Courtney Seitz, Bradley Kaplan and Josh Cohen (all Chicago); Intellectual Property partners Mark Prinsley (London) and Rich Assmus (Chicago) and associates Reece Randall and Ondrej Hadja (both London), Ryan Babcock (New York) and Daniel Virtue (Chicago); Employment & Benefits partners Stephanie Vasconcellos (Chicago) and Christopher Fisher (London), senior associates Francesca Ingham and Tejmin Kishun (both London), and associate Tishyra Randell (Chicago); Antitrust senior consultant David Harrison (London) and partners Daniel Vowden (London) and Scott Perlman (Washington DC), counsel Mark Hills, senior associate Kathryn Lloyd and associate Nadia Dhorat (all London); Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Sam Eastwood (London) and Arsen Kourinian (Los Angeles), counsel Kim Leffert (Chicago) and senior associate James Ford (London); and Tax Transactions & Planning senior counsel Jim Barry (Chicago).
