Latham & Watkins Advises Archrock in Acquisition of Natural Gas Compression Systems

Archrock, Inc. (NYSE: AROC) and Natural Gas Compression Systems, Inc. (NGCSI), a high-quality provider of contract gas compression services, announced that they have entered into definitive agreements under which Archrock will acquire NGCSI and NGCSE, Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$357 million.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Archrock in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Houston partners Ryan Maierson and Nick Dhesi, with associates Denny Lee, Sarah Rodrigue, David Lee, and Diego Guimaraes-Blandon. Advice was provided on tax matters by Houston partners Tim Fenn and Jim Cole, with associate Dominick Constantino; on finance matters by Houston partner Craig Kornreich, with associates Max Fin and Govin Kaggal; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Jason Cruise and Peter Todaro, with associate Ivy Ziedrich; on benefits matters by Washington, D.C. partner Adam Kestenbaum and Houston counsel Krisa Benskin, with associate Christina Schrantz; on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Josh Marnitz, with associate Kate Johnstone; on labor and employment matters by Chicago counsel Laura Waller, with associate Elizabeth Duncan; on real estate matters by Chicago partner Rachel Bates, with associates Ariel Redlich and Moshe Friedland; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Jeffrey Tochner, with associate Matthew Snyder; and on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Drew Levin and San Diego counsel Hannah Cary, with associate Enrique Covarrubias.