Latham & Watkins Represents Vacasa, Inc. in Strategic Merger With Casago

Vacasa, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCSA), a leading vacation rental management platform in North America, and Casago, a premier vacation rental property management company, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Casago and Vacasa will combine in a transaction in which Casago will acquire all outstanding shares of the company held by public stockholders at a price of US$5.02 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the merger agreement. The transaction is expected to be completed towards the end of the first quarter or the early part of the second quarter of 2025.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Vacasa in the transaction with an M&A and capital markets team led by partners Justin Hamill, Michael Anastasio, Marc Jaffe, and Benjamin Cohen, and counsel Lindsey Mills, with associates Shannon Cheng, Kennedy Holmes, Ivana Valdez, and Joanna Yam. Advice was also provided on public company representation matters by Washington D.C. partner Julia Thompson and Washington, D.C. counsel Jonathan Drory; on benefits matters by New York partners Erin Murphy and James Robinson; on finance matters by New York partner Seniz Yakut, with associates Sara Shahmiri and Lea Avsenik; on intellectual property matters by Bay Area partner Anthony Klein, with associates Amy Tosi and Karen Sung; on data privacy matters by Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associate Deborah Hinck; on tax matters by New York partner Alan Kimball, with associates Lukas Kutilek and Ben Sterritt; and on litigation matters by Orange County partner Michele Johnson and San Diego partner Colleen Smith.