Wachtell, Kirkland Guide Blackstone-TPG $18 Billion Hologic Buy

Wachtell and Kirkland are guiding Blackstone Inc. and TPG Inc.‘s plans to acquire medical-device maker Hologic Inc. for as much as $18.3 billion.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is steering Hologic with a deals team led by co-chair of the firm’s corporate department Adam O. Emmerich and partner Benjamin M. Roth. The firm guided global transactions worth $452 billion in the first three quarters of the year, tailing only Latham & Watkins to place second in Bloomberg Law’s most recent M&A league tables.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is guiding the Blackstone-and-TPG-led consortium. Its team includes corporate partners ...