Equinox Taps Kirkland & Ellis, Centerview for Debt Advice (1)

Equinox Holdings Inc., the luxury gym chain, is working with legal and financial advisers as it seeks to manage upcoming debt obligations and ride out pressures from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The fitness company is getting advice from lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis, as well as investment bankers at Centerview Partners, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing a private matter.

After the pandemic first took hold in the U.S. and gyms were forced to shut, Equinox sought advice from Kirkland lawyers who specialize in liquidity and liability ...