2017 : "Kirkland Advises Allied Industrial Partners on Purchase of CAT Entertainment Services" globallegalpost.com/news/caterpill…
"Caterpillar has hired Kirkland & Ellis to represent the company in the investigation that triggered a federal raid at its headquarters two weeks ago...
William Barr, who served as Attorney General from 1991 to 1993 under President George HW Bush, and is currently a senior lawyer in the Washington, DC office of Kirkland & Ellis, has been brought on board to take the helm in the investigation"
"The search warrants that were served at locations in Peoria, EAST Peoria and Morton were related to the company's export filings in relation to ‘failure to file or submitting false electronic export information’ and ‘false and misleading financial reports and statements.’"
"Kirkland & Ellis counseled Allied Industrial Partners LLC (AIP), an industrial-focused middle market private equity firm, on its decision to acquire CAT Entertainment Services, a market leading provider of specialty mobile power generation,
power distribution&temperature control services. The acquisition is a carve-out from Ring Power Corp., one of the largest U.S. Caterpillar dealers, which will retain a minority stake in the business. The company, which will be rebranded as CES Power, .."
"In March 2017, when US federal agents raided Caterpillar's headquarters in Peoria Ill., it was already evident that the company engaged in aggressive measures to control tax costs..."
It's always about just 'tax'.. isn't it?
"Since April 2014, the company's tax policies have been investigated by a senate subcommittee. Those investigations uncovered significant changes in Caterpillar's offshore tax strategy, culminating in the creation of the new Swiss subsidiary Caterpillar SARL (CSARL) in Geneva. "
And I mentioned BlackRock at the start, right?
Bellevue Group?
Y'all are well and truly distracted 🤦
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