Weyerhaeuser’s $6 Billion Sale of Businesses to International Paper

Cravath represented Weyerhaeuser Company in connection with the $6 billion sale of its containerboard, packaging and recycling business to International Paper Company. The lawyers involved in the matter were partners Alan C. Stephenson and Richard Hall and associates Alyssa K. Caples, Charles Y. Ching, Zachary J. Gubler and Spencer M. Marsden on corporate matters; partner Andrew W. Needham and associates Anne Kim Choi and Sonia Rodriguez Garcia on tax matters; partner Elizabeth Grayer and associate Robin Landis on antitrust matters; senior attorney Rolf Zaiss on benefits matters; associate Matthew Morreale on environmental matters; and associate Joyce Law on real estate matters. The deal was announced on March 17, 2008.