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Cravath represented Credit Suisse in connection with the arrangement of a $480 million senior secured first lien term loan facility and a $125 million senior secured second lien term loan facility. Cravath also represented RBC Capital Markets in connection with the arrangement of a $75 million ABL revolving credit facility. In each case, the loans were made available to an affiliate of Lone Star Capital to finance the acquisition of Arclin, a chemistry and applications company. The transactions closed on February 14, 2017.
The Cravath team included partners Michael S. Goldman, Craig F. Arcella and Stephen M. Kessing and associates Jared B. Taylor, Matthew G. Jones, DongHwa Kim and Joe Lieberman on banking matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II and senior attorney Andrew Carlon on tax matters; associates Brian B. Kennedy and Peretz Riesenberg on executive compensation and benefits matters; and partner Matthew Morreale on environmental matters. Anthony J. Ramirez and Valerie E. Wood also worked on banking matters, and Andrew L. Mandelbaum also worked on tax matters.
Deals & Cases
October 30, 2025
Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner in connection with a $4 billion revolving credit facility made available to Valero Energy Corporation, a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of petroleum‑based and low‑carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products. The transaction closed on October 16, 2025.
Deals & Cases
October 14, 2025
Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner in connection with $1.8 billion of credit facilities made available to Crane Company, as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with its pending acquisition of Precision Sensors & Instrumentation (“PSI”) product line from Baker Hughes, a leading energy technology company with a diversified portfolio of technologies and services that span the energy and industrial value chain. Crane Company is a leading industrial manufacturing and technology company. The credit facilities consisted of a $900 million term loan facility and a $900 million revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on September 30, 2025.
Deals & Cases
September 02, 2025
Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner in connection with a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility made available to Otis Worldwide Corporation, a leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service company. The transaction closed on August 8, 2025.
Deals & Cases
September 02, 2025
Cravath represented the administrative agent, lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with $2 billion of credit facilities made available to Verisk Analytics, Inc. (“Verisk”), as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with its pending acquisition of Exactlogix, Inc. (“AccuLynx.com”). Verisk is a leading data, analytics and technology provider serving clients in the insurance ecosystem. The credit facilities consisted of a $750 million term loan facility and a $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on August 15, 2025.
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