Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $3.7 billion (£ 2.6 billion) take-private acquisition of UDG Healthcare plc (LSE: UDG), a Dublin-based partner to the healthcare industry, providing clinical, commercial, communication and packaging services. The deal is expected to be declared effective during the third quarter of 2021, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals. For more information, please see the company’s release.

The Debevoise team is led by finance partner Jeffrey Ross and includes partner Alan Davies, counsel Zahra Sowder and associates Lee Henderson, Brett Novick and Brad Taylor and law clerk Shira Huberfeld, investment management partners Jonathan Adler and Jason Auerbach and associates Paul Laszlo and Jihyun Yoo, tax partners Peter Furci and Matthew Saronson, associate Robert Nelson-Sullivan and corporate staff attorney Sam Engutsamy and capital markets partner Steven Slutzky.