 Search Weil Prominent Matters Recognized by clients, the media, and professional commentators, Weil’s lawyers are known for the clarity, timeliness, and effectiveness of their counsel, and as a result, have become their clients’ call of first resort for solutions to their most significant legal challenges. Weil’s one-firm approach ensures that the Firm works seamlessly to handle the most complex Corporate, Litigation, Restructuring and Tax challenges. Page Tab Sub Navigation Corporate Litigation Restructuring Tax, Executive Compensation & Benefits Recent experience includes advising: Mergers & Acquisitions The Dow Chemical Company in its $130 billion all-stock merger of equals with E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors of Reynolds American Inc. in Reynolds’ $60.6 billion sale to British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BAT) of the 57.8% of Reynolds stock that BAT did not already own Dow in its approximately $40 billion spin-off from DowDuPont Inc. as part of DowDuPont's separation into three independent, publicly traded companies, one each for its agriculture, materials science and specialty products businesses Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. in its $21 billion sale to Analog Devices, Inc. Willis Group Holdings in its $18 billion merger with Towers Watson & Co. Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. in its $14.6 billion merger with Discovery Communications, Inc. Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and Brookfield Property Partners L.P. (BPY) in BPY's $14.4 billion acquisition of the approximately 66% of common stock that it did not already own of GGP Inc. (f/k/a General Growth Properties Inc.) Churchill Capital Corp IV, a SPAC sponsored by Churchill Capital Group, in its $11.75 billion take-public merger with Lucid Motors VINCI SA in its up to $6.5 billion acquisition of the energy activities of ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. Churchill Capital Corp III, a SPAC sponsored by Churchill Capital Group, in its $5.7 billion merger with MultiPlan, Inc. that has an enterprise value based on the transaction of approximately $11 billion Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC sponsored by Trasimene Capital FT, LP II, in its $9 billion merger with Paysafe Group Holdings Limited (n/k/a Paysafe Limited) Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by Bilcar FT, LP and Trasimene Capital FT, LP., in its $7.3 billion combination with Alight Solutions LLC Sanofi in its $25 billion exchange of Merial, its animal health business, for the consumer healthcare business of Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH; $13 billion sale of nearly all of its 20.6% stake in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; $11.6 billion acquisition of Bioverativ Inc.; $4.8 billion acquisition of Ablynx NV; $3.7 billion acquisition of Principia Biopharma Inc.; $2.5 billion acquisition of Synthorx, Inc.; €1.9 billion sale of Zentiva to Advent International; $1.9 billion acquisition of Kadmon Holdings, Inc.; and its up to $1.45 billion acquisition of Kymab, Ltd. Eli Lilly and Company in its approximately $8 billion acquisition of Loxo Oncology, Inc.; its $1.1 billion acquisition of Dermira, Inc.; and its $1 billion acquisition of Prevail Therapeutics Inc. Campbell Soup Company in its $6.1 billion acquisition of Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. MGM Resorts International (MGM Resorts) in its pending $2.1 billion acquisition of the 50% stake it does not already own in CityCenter from Infinity World Development Corp. In a simultaneous transaction, advising MGM Resorts in its pending $3.9 billion sale and leaseback of the Aria Resort and Vdara Hotel real estate at CityCenter to Blackstone. MGM Resorts International (MGM Resorts) in the formation of a joint venture between MGM Growth Properties LLC (MGP) and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust to acquire the Las Vegas real estate assets of the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay for $4.6 billion and to lease back these assets to subsidiaries of MGM Resorts MGM Resorts International (MGM Resorts) in its $4.25 billion sale of the Bellagio to a joint venture MGM Resorts formed with Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust and its planned leaseback of the Bellagio Belmond Ltd. in its $3.2 billion sale to LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Cardtronics plc in its $2.5 billion sale to NCR Corporation Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. in its $2.5 billion sale to Performance Food Group Wejo Limited in its pending $1.1 billion business combination with Virtuoso Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by Virtuoso Sponsor LLC Private Equity – Execution and Fund Formation CPP Investments in the merger of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. with Kronos Incorporated in a deal that values the combined company at $22 billion on an enterprise value basis Brookfield Asset Management in its formation of Brookfield Infrastructure Fund IV, L.P., a $20 billion global infrastructure fund — which is the largest private fund raised by Brookfield and the second largest ever raised in the industry. Weil also raised Brookfield Infrastructure Fund III — a $14 billion infrastructure fund. CPP Investments in a consortium that also includes Blackstone and GIC, in the consortium’s acquisition of a 55% stake in Thomson Reuters’ Financial & Risk business (n/k/a Refinitiv), valued by the transaction at $20 billion Gores Holdings IV, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, in its business combination with United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC (UWM), in a transaction that values UWM at approximately $16.1 billion Genstar Capital in the formation of Genstar Capital Partners X, a buyout fund with approximately $10.2 billion in total commitments Brookfield Asset Management in its formation of Brookfield Capital Partners V, L.P., a $9 billion private equity fund. Weil also raised Brookfield Capital Partners IV, a $4 billion private equity fund. Mr. Jinbo Yao, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of 58.com Inc., as a member of Quantum Bloom Group Ltd., a consortium that also includes Warburg Pincus Asia, General Atlantic Singapore Fund, Ocean Link Partners, and Internet Opportunity Fund (an entity controlled by Mr. Jinbo Yao), in Quantum Bloom's $8.7 billion take-private of 58.com Inc. Gores Holdings V, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by The Gores Group, in its $8.5 billion business combination with Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. American Securities in its formation of American Securities Partners VIII, L.P., a $7 billion buyout fund Gores Metropoulos, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Metropoulos & Co., in its $3.4 billion merger with Luminar Technologies, Inc. SoftBank Group Corp. in its $3.3 billion take-private acquisition of Fortress Investment Group LLC Advent International in its $3 billion merger of its portfolio companies Clearent LLC and Transaction Services Group Limited to form Xplor Technologies Gores Holdings VI, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by The Gores Group, in its $2.9 billion business combination with Matterport, Inc. Gores Holdings II, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, in its transaction with Verra Mobility Corporation, with an initial enterprise value of approximately $2.4 billion SoftBank Vision Fund in its $2.25 billion minority investment in GM Cruise Holdings LLC (Cruise) alongside a $1.1 billion investment in Cruise by GM Gores Metropoulos II, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by Gores Metropoulos Sponsor II LLC (an affiliate of The Gores Group and Dean Metropoulos), in its $1.925 billion business combination with Sonder Holdings Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in its acquisition of a significant stake in Zaxby's Operating Company L.P. The Blackstone Group Inc. in its acquisitions of Concert Golf Partners, Amergint Technologies, Inc., Aqua Finance, Inc. and majority stakes in Certified Collectibles Group LLC and ZO Skin Health, Inc.; its investments in Hotwire Communications, Sema4 and ISN Software Corporation; the sale of the US Claims business of DRB Financial Solutions to Further Global; and as controlling shareholder of Vivint Solar, Inc. in the sale of Vivint to Sunrun Inc. Finance Citi, as administrative agent, and Citi and another financial institution, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in $21.8 billion committed bridge financing to support the $55 billion acquisition by Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Johnson & Johnson in its multi-tranche $7.5 billion senior unsecured notes offering to, primarily, finance its acquisition of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CIBC and another financial institution, as joint lead arrangers, in $2.4 billion bridge and term facilities for Intact Financial Corporation, to finance in part the $12.3 billion acquisition of RSA Insurance Group plc Campbell Soup Company in its $5.3 billion senior unsecured fixed and floating rate notes offering to, in part, finance its $6.1 billion acquisition of Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. JAB Holding on $6.4 billion multicurrency financing for its acquisition of Keurig Green Mountain Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (a portfolio company of Brookfield Business Partners) in $6 billion amended senior secured term facilities to reprice existing indebtedness Johnson & Johnson in its $4.5 billion registered debt offering JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and another major financial institution in a senior unsecured bridge facility to support the $23.1 billion merger of Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. and Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse in $7.5 billion committed bridge financing to support the merger of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) with the Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B) Business of DuPont in a deal that values the combined company at $45 billion on an enterprise value basis Advent International in $3.2 billion senior and second lien multicurrency facilities to finance its $5 billion take-private of Cobham PLC (n/k/a Cobham Limited) Goldman Sachs, as first and second lien administrative agent and a lead arranger, in $2.2 billion first and second lien committed financing to support the $4.2 billion acquisition of Duff & Phelps LLC by an investor consortium led by Stone Point Capital and Further Global Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, SMBC Nikko Securities America and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in a $2.15 billion offering of senior unsecured notes by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP), to repay existing indebtedness Deutsche Bank, as administrative and collateral agent and a revolving lender, in $2 billion amended and extended first lien multicurrency facilities for Flint Group S.A. and affiliates (a portfolio company of Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and Koch Industries) Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a public company backed by an investor consortium led by THL Partners, Cannae Holdings, Black Knight and CC Capital) in its $1.98 billion initial public offering and $400 million concurrent private placement Morgan Stanley and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in a $1.5 billion offering of 16.9 million shares of common stock of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Churchill Capital Corp VII, a SPAC sponsored by Churchill Capital Group, in its $1.38 billion initial public offering American Securities in $1.1 billion senior secured bridge, term and ABL revolving facilities to finance its $1.37 billion take-private of Foundation Building Materials, Inc. Genstar Capital and TA Associates in $1.1 billion first and second lien facilities to finance their acquisition of Orion Advisor Solutions, following the merger of Orion and Brinker Capital Antitrust M&A Allergan in its $63 billion sale to AbbVie Inc. AbbVie in its $21 billion acquisition of Pharmacyclics The Sherwin-Williams Company in its $11.3 billion acquisition of Valspar BASF SE in its $11 billion acquisition of assets and businesses related to various agricultural markets involving seeds, traits and crop protection products from Bayer AG Microsoft in antitrust aspects of its $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, Inc. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. in its $5.2 billion acquisition of 2,186 stores, three distribution centers and related inventory from Rite Aid Corporation William Hill plc in antitrust aspects of its $3.7 billion sale to Caesars Entertainment Corporation Johnson & Johnson in its $1.05 billion sale of its Codman neurosurgery business to Integra Life Sciences Holdings Corporation Connect with Us Firm News and Announcements Latest Thinking Speaking Engagements Green Policy Sitemap Contact Weil Copyright © 2021 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, All Rights Reserved. The contents of this website may contain attorney advertising under the laws of various states. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is headquartered in New York and has office locations in Beijing, Boston, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Miami, Munich, New York, Paris, Princeton, Shanghai, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. 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