Cravath’s London Office Moves to 100 Cheapside
From representing Charles Goodyear in the 1850s to advising Linde in its merger with Praxair, Cravath has maintained its position representing clients at the forefront of the industrials sector. The Firm also has extensive experience representing companies in virtually all areas of the chemicals industry, including the manufacture, distribution and sale of specialty, diversified and commodity chemicals.
Cravath’s corporate lawyers have represented industrials and chemicals clients in mergers and acquisitions, bank financings, securities offerings, financial restructurings and reorganizations and corporate board advisory matters, including ESG reporting requirements and governance processes. Our litigators are trusted advisors that routinely work with these clients on antitrust, intellectual property, general commercial, unfair competition, securities, class action, arbitration and other litigation matters.
Cravath’s corporate lawyers have represented industrials and chemicals clients in mergers and acquisitions, bank financings, securities offerings, financial restructurings and reorganizations and corporate board advisory matters, including ESG reporting requirements and governance processes. Our litigators are trusted advisors that routinely work with these clients on antitrust, intellectual property, general commercial, unfair competition, securities, class action, arbitration and other litigation matters.
Deals & Cases
June 30, 2025
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $650 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior notes offering of Compass Minerals International, Inc., a leading provider of essential minerals. The transaction closed on June 16, 2025.
Deals & Cases
June 23, 2025
Cravath represented Toll Brothers Finance Corp. in connection with its $500 million registered senior notes offering, fully guaranteed by Toll Brothers, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries. Toll Brothers Finance Corp. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Toll Brothers, Inc., which designs, builds, markets, sells and arranges financing for an array of luxury residential homes and communities. The transaction closed on June 10, 2025.
Deals & Cases
June 17, 2025
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $500 million registered high‑yield senior notes offering of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, one of the world's leading manufacturers of tires, engaging in operations in most regions of the world. The transaction closed on June 3, 2025.
Deals & Cases
June 12, 2025
Cravath represented Northrop Grumman Corporation in connection with its $1 billion registered senior notes offering. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company. The transaction closed on May 29, 2025.
Deals & Cases
June 12, 2025
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $1.25 billion registered senior notes offering of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (“Wabtec”), one of the world’s largest providers of value‑added, technology‑based locomotives, equipment, systems and services for the global freight rail and passenger transit industries, and also serves customers in the mining, marine and industrial markets. Proceeds of the offering will be used to partially finance Wabtec’s acquisition of Evident Corporation’s Inspection Technologies division. The transaction closed on May 29, 2025.
Publications
June 18, 2025
On June 17, 2025, Cravath prepared a memo for its clients entitled “Following De Novo CFIUS Review, U.S. Government Approves Nippon Steel’s Proposed Acquisition of U.S. Steel with Potentially Groundbreaking Conditions.” The memo examines a recently issued order approving the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel Corporation, the third‑largest domestic steel producer, by Nippon Steel Corporation, a global steelmaker headquartered in Japan.
Publications
May 02, 2025
On May 1, 2025, Cravath prepared a memo for its clients entitled “New Executive Order: Enhancing Offshore Critical Mineral Development,” which examines the recently issued executive order, “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources.” The order outlines the administration’s policy objectives for the United States to become a leader in seabed mineral development and mandates certain actions to be undertaken by various federal agencies over the next 60 days in advancement of these policy objectives, including expediting the permitting process for seabed mining, developing a plan to map priority areas of the seabed, and engaging with key partners and allies to jointly develop seabed mineral resources.
Activities
April 07, 2025
On April 3, 2025, IFLR honored Cravath as an advisor of the “Loan Deal of the Year” at the publication’s 2025 Europe Awards, in connection with the Firm’s representation of the lead arrangers and initial purchasers in the financing for TDR Capital and I Squared Capital’s €1.9 billion acquisition of Applus. In announcing the award, IFLR highlighted the “bespoke innovative English law financing arrangements” involved in the deal as well as the nine global jurisdictions it spanned. The publication also noted how “the deal teams navigated untested regulatory and other deal‑specific requirements that contained a number of firsts in the Spanish market.”
Activities
February 14, 2025
On February 10, 2025, Cravath was featured by Law360 as a “Private Equity Practice Group of the Year.” The profile highlighted the Firm’s recent work advising on a number of significant mergers and acquisitions in the private equity space, including its representation of Amentum in its merger with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses, as well as Brookfield Renewable in its and Cameco’s $7.875 billion acquisition of Westinghouse and its $2.8 billion acquisition of Duke Energy Renewables.
Activities
January 31, 2025
On January 28, 2025, Cravath was featured by Law360 as a “Tax Practice Group of the Year.” The article highlights the Tax Department’s work on a variety of complex transactions, including its role representing clients Amentum in its merger with Jacobs’s Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses; Endeavor in its $25 billion take‑private acquisition by Silver Lake; Frontier in its $20 billion acquisition by Verizon; the Paramount Special Committee in its $28 billion merger agreement with Skydance; and Vista Outdoor in its $1.125 billion sale of Revelyst to SVP and $1.91 billion sale of its Sporting Products business to CSG.
Deals & Cases
June 30, 2025
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $650 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior notes offering of Compass Minerals International, Inc., a leading provider of essential minerals. The transaction closed on June 16, 2025.
Deals & Cases
June 23, 2025
Cravath represented Toll Brothers Finance Corp. in connection with its $500 million registered senior notes offering, fully guaranteed by Toll Brothers, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries. Toll Brothers Finance Corp. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Toll Brothers, Inc., which designs, builds, markets, sells and arranges financing for an array of luxury residential homes and communities. The transaction closed on June 10, 2025.
Deals & Cases
June 17, 2025
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $500 million registered high‑yield senior notes offering of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, one of the world's leading manufacturers of tires, engaging in operations in most regions of the world. The transaction closed on June 3, 2025.
Deals & Cases
June 12, 2025
Cravath represented Northrop Grumman Corporation in connection with its $1 billion registered senior notes offering. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company. The transaction closed on May 29, 2025.
Deals & Cases
June 12, 2025
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $1.25 billion registered senior notes offering of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (“Wabtec”), one of the world’s largest providers of value‑added, technology‑based locomotives, equipment, systems and services for the global freight rail and passenger transit industries, and also serves customers in the mining, marine and industrial markets. Proceeds of the offering will be used to partially finance Wabtec’s acquisition of Evident Corporation’s Inspection Technologies division. The transaction closed on May 29, 2025.
Publications
June 18, 2025
On June 17, 2025, Cravath prepared a memo for its clients entitled “Following De Novo CFIUS Review, U.S. Government Approves Nippon Steel’s Proposed Acquisition of U.S. Steel with Potentially Groundbreaking Conditions.” The memo examines a recently issued order approving the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel Corporation, the third‑largest domestic steel producer, by Nippon Steel Corporation, a global steelmaker headquartered in Japan.
Publications
May 02, 2025
On May 1, 2025, Cravath prepared a memo for its clients entitled “New Executive Order: Enhancing Offshore Critical Mineral Development,” which examines the recently issued executive order, “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources.” The order outlines the administration’s policy objectives for the United States to become a leader in seabed mineral development and mandates certain actions to be undertaken by various federal agencies over the next 60 days in advancement of these policy objectives, including expediting the permitting process for seabed mining, developing a plan to map priority areas of the seabed, and engaging with key partners and allies to jointly develop seabed mineral resources.
Activities
April 07, 2025
On April 3, 2025, IFLR honored Cravath as an advisor of the “Loan Deal of the Year” at the publication’s 2025 Europe Awards, in connection with the Firm’s representation of the lead arrangers and initial purchasers in the financing for TDR Capital and I Squared Capital’s €1.9 billion acquisition of Applus. In announcing the award, IFLR highlighted the “bespoke innovative English law financing arrangements” involved in the deal as well as the nine global jurisdictions it spanned. The publication also noted how “the deal teams navigated untested regulatory and other deal‑specific requirements that contained a number of firsts in the Spanish market.”
Activities
February 14, 2025
On February 10, 2025, Cravath was featured by Law360 as a “Private Equity Practice Group of the Year.” The profile highlighted the Firm’s recent work advising on a number of significant mergers and acquisitions in the private equity space, including its representation of Amentum in its merger with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses, as well as Brookfield Renewable in its and Cameco’s $7.875 billion acquisition of Westinghouse and its $2.8 billion acquisition of Duke Energy Renewables.
Activities
January 31, 2025
On January 28, 2025, Cravath was featured by Law360 as a “Tax Practice Group of the Year.” The article highlights the Tax Department’s work on a variety of complex transactions, including its role representing clients Amentum in its merger with Jacobs’s Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses; Endeavor in its $25 billion take‑private acquisition by Silver Lake; Frontier in its $20 billion acquisition by Verizon; the Paramount Special Committee in its $28 billion merger agreement with Skydance; and Vista Outdoor in its $1.125 billion sale of Revelyst to SVP and $1.91 billion sale of its Sporting Products business to CSG.
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