Faegre Drinker Represents Alimentation Couche-Tard in its Acquisition of GetGo Café + Markets

A Faegre Drinker team led by senior counsel Jeff Brown and corporate partner Kate Sherburne served as legal counsel to Couche-Tard in its acquisition of GetGo Café + Markets, the convenience store arm of supermarket chain Giant Eagle.

Couche-Tard, the second-largest c-store chain in the U.S. with over 7,000 convenience stores across the country and parent company of Circle K, closed its $1.6 billion acquisition in July. GetGo's approximately 3,500 employees and 270 locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana will make up a new and separate business unit within Couche-Tard's U.S. store network.

The deal team also included corporate associates Cara Ralston, Clayton Mark, Ian Finley and Grace Polisano; intellectual property partners Gary Weinstein and Tore DeBella and associate Owyn Ferguson; real estate partner Treasa Burke, counsel Kelley Johnson and Adrienne McNamara, associate William Puleo-Monzón and senior paralegal Joe Meland; tax partner Lisa Pugh; and government and regulatory partner Doriann Cain.

Alimentation Couche-Tard released a press release detailing the acquisition.