Sidley represented Prospect Partners and its portfolio company, Wedgewood Hospitality Group, Inc., in TJC, L.P.’s acquisition of Wedgewood. Wedgewood is a full-service provider of wedding services in the U.S., operating over 75 venues across eight states. Wedgewood is a second generation family business that was founded in 1986 by John Zaruka and is led by Bill Zaruka as CEO. The Zarukas partnered with Prospect Partners in 2014 to scale up its platform and offerings to clients. Sidley represented Prospect Partners in the 2014 transaction and has served as counsel to Wedgewood since that transaction.
The Sidley team was led by Jeffrey Smith (M&A and Private Equity), and included Alexandra L. Newland, Suzanna Lewis, Lisa Holzman, Dirk W. Andringa, and Claire Grogan (M&A and Private Equity); Jim Lowe and Miriam Silvestri (Antitrust and Competition); Christian E. Pilhofer, P.C. Wang, and Joanna Janica (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Heather Palmer and Sarah Jehl (Environmental, Health, and Safety); Diane McEnroe and Kimberly Johnson (Food, Drug and Medical Device); Christopher Gleason, Adam Nelson, Kyle Gromann, and Carson Calloway (Global Finance); Rebecca Stuart and Emily M. Wajert (Labor and Employment); Ash Nagdev and Sasha Hondagneu-Messner (Privacy and Cybersecurity); Liz McCloy, Kimberly Baeb, and Brandon Bryer (Real Estate); Suresh Advani and Alice Qin (Tax); and Kyle Barnett (Technology Transactions).
