Weil is advising 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, a leading provider of precision instruments, consumables, software, and services to the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) research and cell biology space.

Astorg has simultaneously entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire the ART product portfolio of Cook Medical (Cook ART), a leading provider of IVF consumables for the ART space with a portfolio of trusted brands including ovum aspiration needles, catheters, pipettes, equipment, and other specialty products. Astorg intends to combine Hamilton Thorne and Cook ART following the completion of the transactions.

The Weil team is led by U.S. Private Equity Co-Head Ramona Nee and includes Private Equity partner Emily Willey and associates Molly MacDougall, Anna Gamayunov, Lydia Cuddeback, Kelsie Ferris, Janel Simonelli, Hayden Carlson, Erin Richard and Benjamin Köpple; 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 (Not Yet Admitted in New York); 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; and Banking & Finance partners Paul Overmyer, Patrick Brendon and Tom Richards and associates Natalie Hellio, Atty Abhyankar and Solomon Leung.