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RingCentral, Inc.’s 144A/Reg. S High‑Yield Senior Notes Offering

August 30, 2023

Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $400 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior notes offering of RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of AI‑powered global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration and contact center software‑as‑a‑service (“SaaS”) solutions. The transaction closed on August 16, 2023.

The Cravath team included partners Craig F. Arcella and Kelly M. Smercina and associates Connor F. O’Neill and Samuel Dayan on capital markets matters, partner Andrew T. Davis and associate Clayton Hackney on tax matters, and practice area attorney David Crampton and associate Tiffany B. Wong on executive compensation and benefits matters.

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Craig F. Arcella
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    • J.D., 1998, Columbia Law School
      Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
    • B.A., 1995, Duke University

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    Kelly M. Smercina
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      • J.D., 2014, University of Michigan Law School
        Order of the Coif, summa cum laude
      • B.A., 2011, University of Notre Dame
        Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude

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      Andrew T. Davis
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        • LL.M., 2020, New York University School of Law
        • J.D., 2014, Stanford Law School
        • A.B., 2010, Princeton University

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        • New York

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