Arrangement of $8.35 Billion in Financing for Centene’s Acquisition of WellCare

On March 27, 2019, Centene Corporation, a diversified, multi‑line healthcare enterprise, announced that it will acquire WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a leading managed care provider, in a cash and stock transaction valued at $17.3 billion. Cravath is representing Barclays in connection with the arrangement of up to $8.35 billion of senior unsecured credit facilities that will be made available to Centene to finance the acquisition.

The Cravath team included associates Joshua S. Aronoff, Alexander Lee Abelson and Kathryn Kennedy Bleday.