Financing for Apax Partners’ €1.5 Billion Acquisition of Gerresheimer Group’s Pharmaceutical Packaging Businesses

Cravath represented the agent and lenders in connection with Apax Partners’ €1.5 billion acquisition of Centor Holding US, Inc. and certain entities and assets representing the primary packaging plastics business of the Gerresheimer Group, a leading global partner for pharmaceutical primary packaging, drug delivery systems and solutions. On October 2, 2026, Gerresheimer Group announced the acquisition of Centor Holding was successfully completed.

The Cravath team included partners Philip Stopford, Korey Fevzi and Meg Rallings, European counsel Chantelle Dovey and associates Iain Sneddon, Hannah Hinzmann and Conor Riddell on financing matters, and partner Stephen M. Kessing and associate Jasmine Hakimian on US law matters.