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Continental Building Products’s Credit Facilities

October 17, 2016

Cravath represented Credit Suisse AG, as lead arranger and administrative agent, in connection with an amended and restated credit agreement, which provides a $275 million senior secured term loan facility and a $75 million senior secured revolving credit facility to Continental Building Products, Inc., a leader in wallboard and joint compound materials. Proceeds from the facilities were used to refinance existing indebtedness. The transaction closed on August 18, 2016.

The Cravath team included partners Craig F. Arcella and Stephen M. Kessing, associate Peter H. Webb and foreign associate attorney Nicholas A. Hyde on banking matters; partner Jonathan J. Katz and associate Aaron J. Feuer on executive compensation and benefits matters; and associate Dmitry Zelik on tax matters.

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Craig F. Arcella
Title
Corporate
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Partner
Email
carcella@cravath.com
Phone
+1-212-474-1024
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    Education

    • J.D., 1998, Columbia Law School
      Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
    • B.A., 1995, Duke University

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    • New York
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    Stephen M. Kessing
    Title
    Corporate
    Title
    Partner
    Email
    skessing@cravath.com
    Phone
    +1-212-474-1152
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      • J.D., 2005, Duke Law School
        Order of the Coif, magna cum laude
      • M.B.A., 2001, University of Southern California
      • B.S., 1995, Miami University of Ohio

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      • New York
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      Jonathan J. Katz
      Title
      Executive Compensation and Benefits
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      Partner
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      jkatz@cravath.com
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      +1-212-474-1538
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        Education

        • LL.M., 2013, New York University School of Law
        • J.D., 2007, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
          Order of the Coif, Dean's Distinguished Scholar, summa cum laude
        • B.S., 2003, Cornell University

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        • New York

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