Linklaters Advises The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. on its Engagement with and Entering into a Cooperation Agreement with Legion Partners, an Activist Investment Manager

Linklaters’ U.S. Corporate team advised The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHEF) — a premier distributor of specialty food products in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada — on its engagement with and entering into a Cooperation Agreement with Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC, an activist investment manager, and certain of its affiliates.

The Linklaters New York team advising Chefs’ Warehouse on the agreement was led by George Casey, Global Chair of Corporate; Heiko Schiwek, M&A Partner; and Greg Gewirtz, M&A Partner.

For more details on the agreement, read the Chefs’ Warehouse press release.
 
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