Sidley is representing Grove Collaborative in its pending business combination with special purpose acquisition company Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II. Grove creates and curates planet-first products, serving millions of households across the U.S. The transaction implies a combined company pro forma enterprise value of approximately US$1.5 billion, and is expected to close in late Q1 or early Q2 2022. Upon closing, the combined company will be listed on the NYSE under the new ticker symbol “GROV.”
The Sidley team is being led by Martin Wellington, Josh DuClos, and Sara Garcia Duran (M&A and Private Equity), and includes Courtney Gilberg, Eryn Berquist, Jake Funk, Leigh Rorick, and Zach Shub-Essig (M&A and Private Equity); Helen Theung (Capital Markets); Rachel Kleinberg and Marianne Tassone (Tax); Diane McEnroe and Susan Stolzer (Food, Drug and Medical Device Regulatory); Corey Perry, Richard Schneider, and Susan Delgado (Executive Compensation and Transactional Employee Benefits); Wendy Lazerson and Galit Knotz (Labor and Employment); Colleen Theresa Brown and Mark Prior (Privacy and Cybersecurity); Glenn Nash and Valerie Truong (Technology and IP Transactions); Liz McCloy and Matt Wholey (Real Estate); and Karen Kazmerzak, Elizabeth Chen, and Alaric Smith (Antitrust/Competition).
