Platinum Equity to buy Wesco Aircraft for $1.9 bln

Platinum Equity has agreed to buy Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc in a deal valued at about $1.9 billion. Wesco Aircraft distributes and provides supply chain management services to the aerospace industry. Wesco shareholders include Carlyle Group and Makaira Partners, as well as the Snyder Family Trusts. Daniel Lennon and Bradley Faris of Latham & Watkins LLP represented Wesco.

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