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Pharmaceutical Product Development’s Senior Secured Credit Facilities

August 20, 2015

On August 18, 2015, Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (“PPD”), a leading global contract research organization providing drug discovery, development, lifecycle management and laboratory services, closed a dividend recapitalization transaction. Cravath represented Credit Suisse as lead arranger in connection with the arrangement of $2.875 billion of senior secured credit facilities. PPD is a portfolio company of The Carlye Group and Hellman & Friedman.

The Cravath team included partner Joseph D. Zavaglia and associates Matthew G. Jones and Sean M. Gholz. Summer associate Nathan H. Trunnell also worked on this matter.

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Joseph D. Zavaglia
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Corporate
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Partner
Email
jzavaglia@cravath.com
Phone
+1-212-474-1724
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    Education

    • J.D., 2004, Brooklyn Law School
      Valedictorian, summa cum laude
    • B.B.A., 2001, College of Insurance
      cum laude

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