AEA Mezzanine Fund provides mezzanine debt to Kohlberg & Co. to assist in funding its US$200 million acquisition

On April 16, 2008, an investor group led by Kohlberg & Co. and Canadian businessman W. Graeme Roustan completed its acquisition of the Bauer Hockey subsidiary of Nike Inc. for US$200 million in cash. Fasken Martineau advised AEA Mezzanine Fund, a mezzanine debt provider to Kohlberg & Co., with a team that included Brian Wright and Jon Holmstrom (financing); Stephen Erlichman (corporate); Mark Penner (intellectual property); Ronald Nobrega (tax); and Charles Kazaz (environmental).