Latham Advises on Patient Square Capital’s Completed US$4.1 Billion Acquisition of Patterson Companies

Patterson Companies, Inc., a leading dental and animal health distributor, completed on April 17, 2025, its acquisition by Patient Square Capital, a dedicated healthcare investment firm, in a transaction valued at approximately US$4.1 billion.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented the financing sources in the transaction with a team led by Vice Chair of Latham’s Global Capital Markets Practice Stelios Saffos and partners Jesse Sheff, Erika Weinberg, Andrew Baker, Jennifer Ezring, Conray Tseng, Peter Sluka, and Gene Mazzaro and counsel Jon Wry, Preeta Paragash, Hana Nah, and Katherine Page, with associates Daniel Ovadia, Sara Johnson, Aditi Sharma, Ana Nunez Cardenas, Sofia Sitterson, Adam Picker, Michaela Bolden, William Council, Angela Lin, Daniella Moretti, and Alec Dougherty. Advice was provided on uniform commercial code matters by partner Brian Rock; on tax matters by partners Benjamin Rosemergy and Bora Bozkurt, with associate Kevin Matheny; on data and technology transactions matters by partner Michelle Gross, with associates Kiara Vaughn and Gaby Forte; on healthcare and life sciences matters by counsel Chad Jennings; and on litigation matters by counsel Nathan Saper.