Curtis Advises MSC Industrial Direct on Acquisition of DECO Tool Supply Co.

Curtis represented MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and services that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, in its acquisition of DECO Tool Supply Co., an Iowa-based distributor of industrial tools. The transaction closed on July 31, 2017. MSC purchased the assets of DECO Tool and real property owned by certain related persons.

The Curtis team was led by Corporate partner Jeffrey N. Ostrager and included Tax partners Javier Hernandez and Eduardo Cukier, Real Estate partner Martin Forman and Corporate associate Darius Alam.