Dechert LLP has acted as lead global counsel on the sale of Albéa S.A. to PAI Partners by an affiliate of Sun European Partners (the European advisor to Florida-based private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners). The sale completed on March 23, 2018.

Albéa S.A. manufactures plastic packaging products for the beauty and personal care market. PAI Partners is a Paris-based private equity firm.

The London-based Dechert team was led by corporate partner Christopher Field, the latest addition to our global private equity team, with support from associates Mark Evans and Joshua Smith; tax partner Jane Scobie and associate Nicolas Kokkinos, and global finance partner John Markland and Paris national partner Charles Cardon.