Dechert Advises US Ecology Inc. on Its US$2.2B Sale to Republic Services Inc.

 
February 09, 2022

Dechert advised US Ecology Inc. on its US$2.2 billion sale to Republic Services Inc.

US Ecology is a leading provider of environmental services to commercial and government entities. The company addresses the complex waste management and response needs of its customers offering treatment, disposal, beneficial re-use, and recycling of hazardous, non-hazardous, radioactive and other specialty waste.

Republic Services, Inc. is a leader in the U.S. environmental services industry.

The Dechert team advising US Ecology included corporate partners Stephen Leitzell and Michael Darby and associates Ross MacConnell, Ryan Abercrombie, Rodrigo Rivera and Kenneth Winterbottom; tax partner Edward Lemanowicz and associate Insung Kim; environmental partner Abbi Cohen and special counsel John Ix; employee benefits partner Kevin Kay and associate Jake Phillips; antitrust partners James Fishkin and Clemens Graf York von Wartenburg, counsel Michael Okkonen and associate Dennis Schmelzer; litigation partner Rick Horvath; and privacy and cybersecurity partner Timothy Blank and associates Hilary Bonaccorsi and Colleen Hespeler.

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