Weatherford International plc (NASDAQ: WFRD) announced a strategic partnership with Ardyne, a leader in specialized well-decommissioning technology. This agreement will enable Weatherford and Ardyne to deliver significant value to customers globally by offering the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of Plug & Abandonment and Slot Recovery solutions. Latham & Watkins LLP represents Lime Rock Partners, a private equity firm focused solely on the upstream oil and gas sector of which Ardyne is a portfolio company, in the transaction with a cross-border corporate deal team led by Houston private equity and M&A partner Bruce Herzog and London private equity and M&A partner Beatrice Lo, with Houston associate Omar Shariff.~~