Smurfit Kappa’s $2.75 Billion Senior Green Notes Offering
May 13, 2024
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $2.75 billion 144A/Reg. S senior green notes offering of Smurfit Kappa Treasury Unlimited Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Smurfit Kappa Group plc, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of paper‑based packaging products, with operations in Europe, Latin America, the United States and Canada. The notes were listed on the Global Exchange Market. The transaction closed on April 3, 2024.
The Cravath team included partner Philip J. Boeckman, European counsels Roberto Bruno and Nicoleta D. Lupea and associates Jarrod L. Hall, Mayssa Khattar, Belén Díaz‑Negrete and Francesca Sebastiani on capital markets matters, partner Christopher K. Fargo and associate Megan Samayoa on tax matters, and senior attorney Annmarie M. Terraciano on environmental matters.
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