Kirkland Advises VSP Vision on Acquisition of Eyemart Express

Kirkland & Ellis advised vision benefits company VSP Vision on a definitive agreement to acquire Eyemart Express from private equity firms FFL Partners and Leonard Green & Partners. The acquisition was announced October 9, 2024. With nearly 250 stores in 42 states, the acquisition of Texas-based Eyemart Express will mark another significant network investment by VSP Vision to serve its more than 85 million members. The acquisition will be completed following the necessary regulatory approvals.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Rajab Abbassi, Kimberly Meng Han, Yash Nair, Josh Sullivan and Hunter Johnson; healthcare & life sciences regulatory lawyers Dennis Williams, Rob Kantrowitz, Will Richmond, Brian King, Kiyong Song, Olivia Kaufmann and Yousaf Razvi; tax lawyers Polina Liberman, Mike Beinus and Meena Kandallu; technology & IP transactions lawyers Seth Traxler, Joanna Schlingbaum, Donovan Suh and Sofiya Bavlovych; real estate lawyers John Thomas Goldman, Zeina Kazour and Natalia Ortiz; executive compensation lawyers Rohit Nafday and Kelsie Harris; antitrust & competition lawyers Matt Wheatley, Samantha Morelli, Mariana del Carmen Fernandez and Declan Duggan; employment & labor lawyers Christine Lacku, Paul Vasiloff and Maayan Sachs; employee benefits lawyers Matt Antinossi and Abbi Semnisky; environmental transactions lawyers Paul Tanaka and Courtney Tibbetts; and international trade & national security lawyers Chad Crowell and Daniel Gerkin.