Weil has advised an affiliate of Sun European Partners on its sale of Sports & Leisure Group (SLG) to TenCate Grass Holding B.V. (TenCate), a portfolio company of Leonard Green & Partners, together with its partial reinvestment in the TenCate group.

Headquartered in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, SLG is a leading vertically-integrated artificial turf systems provider covering a broad range of end-markets, countries, products and services. With more than 30 years of experience in the production and marketing of artificial grass, SLG supplies over 1,000 customers in 90 countries from four production sites located in Belgium, Italy, China and Paraguay. SLG was acquired by an affiliate of Sun European in October 2021.

The Weil team was led by Private Equity partner Martin Weatherston-Wilson, supported by associates Will Johnson, Melanie Yu, and Gracy Wang, and included: Tax partner Oliver Walker, counsel Ellie Marques and associates Sean Wright and Enda Kerin; Antitrust partner Nafees Saeed and counsels Nicholas Barnabo and Chris Thomas; Technology & IP Transactions partner Barry Fishley and associate Elizabeth Brady; and Finance partner Chris McLaughlin, counsel Edward Hyde and associate Adebayo Lanlokun.