David
Crampton

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.

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $1.5 billion registered senior notes offering of Ingersoll Rand Inc., a global market leader with a broad range of innovative and mission‑critical air, fluid, energy and medical technologies. The transaction closed on August 14, 2023.

On August 10, 2023, Forward Air Corporation (“Forward”), a provider of transportation services, and Omni Logistics, LLC (“Omni”), a private logistics and supply chain management company that is majority owned by Ridgemont Equity Partners and EVE Partners, LLC, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Forward and Omni will combine in a cash-and-stock transaction, creating a combined company that generated approximately $3.7 billion of combined company adjusted revenue for the twelve months ended June 30, 2023. Cravath is representing Forward in connection with the transaction.

On July 28, 2023, Biogen Inc. (“Biogen”) and Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Reata”) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Biogen has agreed to acquire Reata for $172.50 per share in cash, reflecting an enterprise value of approximately $7.3 billion. Cravath is representing Biogen in connection with the transaction.

On July 17, 2023, Proximus Group announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire, through Proximus Opal, an approximately 58% interest in Route Mobile, a global company specialized in CPaaS services, from the founding shareholders of Route Mobile. As part of the agreement, some of the founding shareholders will reinvest in a minority stake in Proximus Opal, a subsidiary of the Proximus Group and the holding company of Telesign, Proximus’s U.S.‑based affiliate. Cravath, alongside Slaughter and May, AZB & Partners and NautaDutilh, is representing Route Mobile and its founding shareholders in connection with the transaction.