The Walt Disney Company’s C$1.3 Billion Registered Notes Offering
April 13, 2020
Cravath represented The Walt Disney Company in connection with its C$1.3 billion registered notes offering. The transaction closed on March 30, 2020.
The Cravath team included partner Nicholas A. Dorsey and associates Richard E. Schwartz, Shawn M. Quinn, Caroline H. Gieryn and Nastassia Shcherbatsevich on securities matters, and associates Rebecca L. Fine and Carlos Nicholas Obando on tax matters.
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