Debevoise Advised SunSource, a CD&R Portfolio Company, in Its Acquisition of Vytl Controls Group

30 January 2026

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised SunSource, an industrial distributor and solutions provider and portfolio company of CD&R, in its acquisition of Vytl Controls Group, a global provider of flow control distribution, service, repair and manufacturing solutions, from MiddleGround Capital. For more information, please see the press release.

The Debevoise team was led by M&A partners Christopher Anthony and Spencer Gilbert and included counsel Keith Slattery and Dominique Trudelle and associates Hadel Alfagir and David Ataide, finance partner Jeffrey Ross, associates Ilya Balabanovsky, Max Lovrin and Sophie Mirzaian, law clerk Itzaes Flores and corporate staff attorney Katherine Stanger, employee benefits and executive compensation partner Frank Mitchell, counsel Sarah Burke and associate Stephen Mattes, tax partner Lena Smith and associates Shanna Adler and Samana Bhatta, capital markets partner Steven Slutzky, associates Emily Espinel, Paul Lowry, Erin Munro and Keith Stackhouse and law clerk James Sullivan, IP and technology transactions partner Henry Lebowitz, associate Erin McLoughlin and law clerk Alice Sidai Zheng, antitrust partners Tim Cornell, Timothy McIver and Michael Schaper, counsel Anne-Mette Heemsoth and associates Sabine Kobienia and Megan MacDonald, litigation counsel Brandon Fetzer, Erich Grosz and Tricia Bozyk Sherno and associate Gray Ah-Ton, and environmental counsel Stuart Hammer and associate Harry Zirlin.