Dentons served as a legal advisor to High Bluff Capital Partners, a private investment firm, in entering into a definitive agreement to acquire Church’s Chicken, one of the world’s largest quick service chicken restaurant chains, from FFL Partners. The transaction is expected to be completed during Q3 of 2021.

High Bluff specializes in equity investments in restaurants and iconic consumer-facing brands and established its restaurant platform, REGO Restaurant Group, in 2018. Church’s has more than 1,500 locations in 26 countries and international territories. In 2020, the brand leveraged its strengths in family meals, digital offerings, delivery and to-go orders to generate system-wide sales of nearly US$1.2 billion. Over the next year, the brand expects to expand its already sizable domestic and international presence with the opening of more than 100 new locations, including the roll-out of its highly successful Blaze Image restaurant concept.

The Dentons team was led by partner Shaun Klein, co-chair of the Firm's global Private Equity practice and resident in the Phoenix office.

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