Weil advised Astorg, a leading private equity firm with an extensive track record in global healthcare investments, in its approximately $282 million take-private acquisition of Hamilton Thorne, and simultaneous acquisition of Cook Medical’s Reproductive Health business. Astorg is now combining the two businesses to create a new global ART MedTech company. A new brand identity for the combined business will be rolled out in 2025.Financial terms for the Cook Medical Reproductive Health transaction were not disclosed.

Hamilton Thorne is a leading global provider of precision instruments, consumables, software and services that reduce cost, increase productivity, improve results and enable breakthroughs in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), research, and the cell biology space. 

The Weil team was led by U.S. Private Equity Co-Head Ramona Nee and includes Private Equity partner Emily Willey and associates Molly MacDougall, Kelsie Ferris and Hayden Carlson; Regulatory Transactions partners Timothy Welch, Matthew Morton and John O’Loughlin and associates Christina Carone and Caleb Holland; Tax partners Noah Beck and Benjamin Pique and associates Kyle Jackson, Andrew Lawson and Guillaume Wulfowicz; Antitrust partner Brianne Kucerik and associates Marie-Marie de Fays and Savannah Logan; Technology & IP Transactions Co-Head Jeffrey Osterman, partner Dennis Adams and associates Amanda DeMasi, Taylor Peterson and Brendan McNerney; U.S. Privacy & Cybersecurity Head Olivia Greer and associates David Merck and Adeline Park; Employment partner Peter Mee and associates Lauren Kelly and Paige Mickel; Executive Compensation & Benefits partners Amy Rubin and Jennifer Britz and associates Amanda Nowak and Rebekah French; Real Estate partner Jannelle Seales and associates Ilana Bier and Brenna Murphy; Banking & Finance partners Benton Lewis, Patrick Brendon and Tom Richards and associates Natalie Hellio, Atty Abhyankar and Solomon Leung; and Munich Corporate partner Barbara Jagersberger and associates Johannes Wellensiek and Viktoria Morasch.