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Davis Polk Advises Tailwind in Connection With Its Agreement to Acquire Archway Marketing Services
9/15/2008
Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Tailwind Capital Partners in connection with its agreement to acquire Archway Marketing Services in the event that an agreement to purchase Archway by a special purpose acquisition company, Union Street Acquisition Corp., is terminated. The transaction is valued at approximately $80 million.

Archway Marketing Services is a Rogers, Minnesota-based provider of outsourced marketing services to business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Union Street is a blank check company organized to acquire one or more operating businesses in the business services industry. Tailwind Capital Partners is a New York-based private equity company.

The Davis Polk corporate team includes partners Leonard Kreynin and Marc O. Williams, associate Joanna A. McGinley and foreign temporary associate David Raudkivi (admitted in New Zealand). The credit team includes partner Sartaj Gill and associate George Kazakov. The tax team includes partner William H. Weigel and associate Matthew Kohley (not yet admitted). Partner Edmond T. FitzGerald and associate Ron M. Aizen are providing employee benefits advice. Partner Gail A. Flesher and associate Brianne M. Lucyk are providing environmental advice. All members of the Davis Polk team work in the New York office.