Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in connection with the $2.1 billion sale of Cheney Bros to Performance Food Group Company (PFG) (NYSE:PFGC). For more information, please see the company’s press release.

Cheney is a foodservice distributor in the Southeast, with annual sales of more than $3 billion. PFG is a foodservice distribution company in North America with more than 150 locations.

The Debevoise team is led by M&A partners Spencer Gilbert and Kevin Schmidt and includes associates Marisa Demko and Natalie Mauch and antitrust partner Tim Cornell.