Experience

• • Presidio, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Contender Solutions, an Elite ServiceNow partner.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its bid for a controlling stake in Opella, the French-headquartered consumer healthcare company, valuing the company at c.€16 billion.
  • PetSafe Brands, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the $925 million refinancing of existing debt facilities.
  • S&S Activewear, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its acquisition of alphabroder, including a financing of $1.175 billion, consisting of a $600 million senior secured notes offering, $575 million pari senior first lien secured term loans and an upsize to the ABL credit agreement to a total $800 million facility.
  • Veritiv, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, on the financing for its acquisition of Orora Packaging Solutions, the North American packaging and distribution business of Orora.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software, in the financing aspects of the sale of a significant ownership position in Epicor to CVC, a global private markets manager.
  • Cornerstone Building Brands, a manufacturer of exterior building products, in its offering of $500 million senior secured notes due 2029.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition, together with TowerBrook, of R1, a provider of technology-driven solutions that impact the patient experience and financial performance of healthcare providers, at an enterprise value of $8.9 billion.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and its indirect subsidiary, Fortress Intermediate 3, in $3 billion of financing for Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s acquisition of Presidio.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its strategic partnership with Elevance Health, which will bring together certain care delivery and enablement assets of Elevance’s Carelon Health and CD&R portfolio companies, apree health and Millennium Physician Group.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Presidio, a leading technology services and solutions provider, from BC Partners.
  • Cornerstone Building Brands in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Harvey, a manufacturer of high performing windows and doors.
  • Artera Services and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the $2 billion comprehensive refinancing for Artera.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Shearer’s Foods, a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier in the snack industry in North America.
  • Schneider Electric in the financing aspects of the sale of its subsidiary AutoGrid, a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) provider, to Uplight.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, and its indirect subsidiary Verde Purchaser, in $2.125 billion of financing for CD&R’s $2.6 billion acquisition of Veritiv Corporation.
  • Hamilton Lane as lead investor in the financing aspects of the formation of MiddleGround Capital’s $440 million MiddleGround Carbon CV, L.P. fund.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Sharp in the financing aspects of Sharp’s acquisition of Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing.
  • INDICOR, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of the $670 million sale of its Compressor Controls Corporation division, a leading provider of turbomachinery control and optimization solutions, to Honeywell.
  • Gentiva, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and leading hospice, palliative, and personal care company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Heartland hospice and home care.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition, together with Greenbriar Equity Group, of Paradigm Precision and Whitcraft Group and the merger of the two companies.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in the industrial businesses of Roper Technologies, which operates market-leading businesses that design and develop vertical software and application-specific products, in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $5.8 billion acquisition of Cornerstone Buildings Brands, the largest manufacturer of exterior buildings products in North America.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Huntsworth and Sharp in obtaining $787.5 million in debt financing for Huntsworth’s spin-off of Sharp.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $2.5 billion sale of Sirius, a leading provider of secure, mission-critical technology-based solutions for approximately 3,900 large and mid-sized customers, to CDW.
  • Cornerstone Building Brands in the financing aspects of the $168 million sale of its roll-up sheet door business, DBCI, to Janus.
  • Core & Main, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its $803 million initial public offering.
  • Cornerstone Building Brands in the financing aspects of the sale of its Insulated Metal Panels business to Nucor for $1 billion in cash.
  • Artera, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and one of the nation’s largest providers of integrated infrastructure services to natural gas and electric industries, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Feeney Utility Services Group.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $3.7 billion take-private acquisition of UDG Healthcare.
  • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its sale of MedRisk to CVC Capital Partners.
  • Cornerstone Building Brands in the financing aspects of the pricing of its $500 million offering of 6.125% unsecured senior notes due 2029.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $4.7 billion acquisition of Epicor Software, a global provider of cloud-based, industry-specific Enterprise Resource Planning software to industrial-focused sectors.
  • Artera, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and one of the nation’s largest providers of integrated infrastructure services to natural gas and electric industries, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Otis Eastern Service.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its partnership investment in Cheney Brothers, a leading family-owned and operated regional food distributor serving the Southeastern United States.
  • PowerTeam Services, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its purchase of Miller Pipeline and Minnesota Limited for $850 million in cash.
  • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its investment in American Express Global Business Travel.
  • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its $1.8 billion acquisition, with T&D Holdings, of a majority interest in Fortitude Re.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its proposed $4 billion take private acquisition of Anixter International, a NYSE-listed company. (Terminated)
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and BrandSafway in the financing aspects of Brookfield’s $1.3 billion investment in BrandSafway.
  • Core & Main, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its $300 million offering of senior unsecured PIK toggle notes to fund a distribution to holders of common units.
  • OEConnection (OEC) and Providence Equity in the financing aspects of the sale of a majority stake in OEC to Genstar Capital.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $1.5 billion acquisition of Sirius Computer Solutions, a leading national IT solutions integrator.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and TRANZACT in the financing aspects of the $1.3 billion sale of TRANZACT to Willis Towers Watson.
  • NCI Building Systems in the financing aspects of its unit purchase agreement with Environmental Materials, LLC.
  • A leading international private equity firm in the creation of a novel structured finance product which raised $700 million from various investors in the form of rated notes and equity. The transaction was structured to address insurance company risk-based capital charges when investing across a diverse portfolio of alternative fund products.
  • Ply Gem and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of Ply Gem’s $5.5 billion stock-for-stock combination with NCI Building Systems.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $1.755 billion secured term loan facility, $115.0 million secured cash flow revolving credit facility, $360.0 million ABL facility and $645.0 million offering of senior unsecured notes in connection with its $2.4 billion take private of Ply Gem and acquisition of Atrium Windows & Doors, two leading building products companies.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $500 million preferred stock investment in Beacon Roofing Supply’s $2.625 billion acquisition of Allied Building Products.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $1.075 billion secured term loan facility, $500 million ABL facility and $500 million offering of senior unsecured notes in connection with its acquisition of HD Supply’s Waterworks Division, the largest distributor of waterworks products in the U.S.
  • Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its $3.325 billion secured credit facility and $700 million offering of senior unsecured notes in connection with the combination of Brand Energy and Safway Group.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $2.5 billion acquisition of HD Supply’s Waterworks Division, the largest distributor of waterworks products in the U.S.
  • Resolute Investment Managers, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in financing its acquisition of a controlling interest of Shapiro Capital Management, an institutional-quality, value-oriented investment adviser.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services in the merger of Brand Energy and Safway Group, forming the leading global industrial service business with over $5 billion in revenue.
  • Providence Equity Partners in its acquisition from General Motors and Ford of a majority stake in OEConnection, the established market leader in cloud-based technology solutions that facilitate the efficient location, sale, distribution and dynamic pricing of automotive parts.
  • SiteOne Landscape Supply, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its leveraged recapitalization and the refinancing of its existing term loan facility.
  • Kelso & Company, the private equity sponsor of Logan’s Roadhouse, in Logan’s prearranged Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Debevoise also represented Kelso and Logan’s in a privately negotiated exchange offer to holders of Logan’s senior secured notes resulting in the issuance of over $220 million in new senior secured notes.
  • NCI Building Systems in the refinancing of its existing Term Loan Facility and existing ABL Facility, and the redemption and repayment of NCI’s 8.25% senior notes due 2023, accomplished by the entry into a new $415 million term loan credit facility and a new $150 million ABL credit facility.
  • American Seafoods, the largest harvester of wild-caught fish for human consumption in the United States, in capital markets matters relating to its completed deleveraging recapitalization.
  • Reynolds Group in financing, regulatory and certain U.S. aspects of its €3.75 billion sale of SIG Combibloc Group to Onex Corporation.
  • Brand Industrial Services (formerly Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services), a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its $300 million tack-on offering of senior unsecured notes.
  • NCI Building Systems in its $245 million acquisition of CENTRIA.
  • Providence Service Corporation in a strategic partnership with Frazier Healthcare Partners in Matrix Medical Network.