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January 24, 2026
Latham & Watkins Advises MOD Pizza in Acquisition by Elite Restaurant Group
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- MOD Super-Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC (MOD Pizza) has been fully acquired by Elite Restaurant Group through a merger agreement involving an affiliate of Elite
- Latham & Watkins LLP represented MOD Pizza in the transaction, with legal teams providing counsel on corporate, restructuring, litigation, finance, intellectual property, employment, and tax matters
- The deal involved multiple partners, counsel, and associates from various offices of the law firm.
MOD Super-Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC (MOD Pizza) announced that Elite Restaurant Group has acquired 100% of the equity in the company pursuant to a merger agreement between the company and an affiliate of Elite. Latham & Watkins LLP represents MOD Pizza in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Century City partner David Zaheer, with associates Dylan Towns, Mark Goshgarian, Madeleine West, and Grace Garcea. Advice was also provided on restructuring matters by Los Angeles partner Ted Dillman and New York partners George Davis and Anu Yerramalli, with associates Brian Rosen, Nicholas Messana, Madeleine Parish, Rebekah Presley, Jessmine Lee, Meghana Vunnamadala, and Beau Parker; on litigation matters by New York partner Christopher Harris and Boston partner Betsy Marks; on finance matters by Los Angeles partner Mark Morris and Los Angeles counsel Jonathan Shih, with associates Rychelle Andersen and Kendall Ota; on intellectual property matters by Los Angeles partner Ghaith Mahmood and Orange County counsel David Kuiper, with associate Nathan Wages; on employment/employee benefits matters by Bay Area partner Jay Metz and New York counsel Sandra Benjamin, with associate Karis Stephen; and on tax matters by Chicago partner Joe Kronsnoble and Houston partner Jim Cole, with associate Dominick Constantino.~~
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