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Professional Services

Cravath has long advised clients in the professional services industry. This experience enhances our already extensive litigation and corporate resume with a nuanced understanding of professionals’ advisory, litigation, investigatory and regulatory needs. Whether on behalf of accounting firms, investment banks, law firms or management consultants, Cravath attorneys bring the Firm’s full resources to bear on the range of legal matters affecting these clients.

Our litigators have significant experience handling regulatory enforcement matters and all types of litigation facing firms in this industry, including direct client claims, such as professional malpractice, breach of contract, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, as well as investor claims, such as securities fraud class actions.  In addition, we represent professional firms in connection with internal corporate and government investigations, and advise on transactions in the professional services sector, including mergers, divestitures and financings.

Our litigators have significant experience handling regulatory enforcement matters and all types of litigation facing firms in this industry, including direct client claims, such as professional malpractice, breach of contract, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, as well as investor claims, such as securities fraud class actions.  In addition, we represent professional firms in connection with internal corporate and government investigations, and advise on transactions in the professional services sector, including mergers, divestitures and financings.

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Deals & Cases

October 06, 2025

Science Applications International Corporation’s $2.6 Billion of High-Yield Senior Notes and Credit Facilities

Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $500 million 144A/Reg. S high-yield senior notes offering of Science Applications International Corporation ("SAIC"), a leading provider of technical, engineering and enterprise information technology services primarily to the U.S. government. The transaction closed on September 25, 2025.

Deals & Cases

September 04, 2025

Verisk’s $1.5 Billion Registered Senior Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $1.5 billion registered senior notes offering of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (“Verisk”), a leading data, analytics and technology provider serving clients in the insurance sector. Proceeds of the offering will be used to partially finance Verisk’s acquisition of Exactlogix, Inc., doing business as AccuLynx.com. The transaction closed on August 21, 2025.

Deals & Cases

September 02, 2025

Verisk’s $2 Billion of Credit Facilities in Connection with its Pending Acquisition of AccuLynx.com

Cravath represented the administrative agent, lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with $2 billion of credit facilities made available to Verisk Analytics, Inc. (“Verisk”), as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with its pending acquisition of Exactlogix, Inc. (“AccuLynx.com”). Verisk is a leading data, analytics and technology provider serving clients in the insurance ecosystem. The credit facilities consisted of a $750 million term loan facility and a $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on August 15, 2025.

Deals & Cases

August 15, 2025

Fitch Learning’s Acquisition of Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions and the Canadian Securities Institute

On August 14, 2025, Fitch Learning, a global leader in financial learning and professional certifications, announced it signed an agreement with Moody’s to acquire two of their businesses, Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions, a global provider of credit training, and the Canadian Securities Institute, a leading provider of professional certifications for the Canadian financial services industry. Cravath is representing Fitch Learning in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

May 09, 2025

TaskUs’s Take‑Private Acquisition by its Co‑Founders and Blackstone

On May 9, 2025, TaskUs, Inc. (“TaskUs”), a leading provider of outsourced digital services and next‑generation customer experience to companies, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to become a privately held company. Under the terms of the agreement, an affiliate of Blackstone, TaskUs Co‑Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bryce Maddock and TaskUs Co‑Founder and President Jaspar Weir (collectively the “Buyer Group”) will acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock they do not already own for $16.50 per share in an all-cash transaction. Upon completion of the transaction, the Company’s Class A common stock will no longer be listed on any public market. The TaskUs Board of Directors has approved the transaction upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee of independent directors (the “Special Committee”), which was formed on March 20, 2025, in response to interest expressed by the Buyer Group in exploring a possible transaction. Cravath is representing the Special Committee in connection with the transaction.

Activities

October 02, 2025

Philip Boeckman Elected as Chair of Society of English and American Lawyers

In September 2025, Cravath partner Philip J. Boeckman was elected as Chair of the Society of English and American Lawyers (“SEAL”). SEAL is a London‑based organization that for more than four decades has existed as a forum for English and American lawyers to meet and exchange views on professional, business, academic and cultural matters of concern to them. It brings together barristers, solicitors and members of the judiciary, regularly organizing social functions and talks on topics of interest to lawyers in jurisdictions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Activities

September 19, 2025

Financial Times Recognizes Cravath with “Innovative Lawyers in Dealmaking” Award at Innovative Lawyer Europe Awards 2025

On September 18, 2025, the Financial Times recognized Cravath at the publication’s Innovative Lawyer Europe Awards 2025, which recognize the most innovative work and legal service lawyers have developed for their clients in Europe. Cravath was chosen as the winner in the “Dealmaking” category in recognition of the Firm’s representation of the lead arrangers and initial purchasers in the €1.9 billion financing supporting TDR Capital and I Squared Capital’s public-to-private acquisition of Applus+.

Activities

August 21, 2025

Jin Baek Featured in Bloomberg Law’s 2025 “They’ve Got Next: 40 Under 40” Series

On August 12, 2025, Cravath partner Jin‑Kyu Baek was featured in Bloomberg Law’s “They’ve Got Next: 40 Under 40” series, which recognizes young lawyers who are “raising the bar in the legal profession,” based on their work on key client matters, assumption of leadership roles, pro bono commitments and more.

Activities

April 07, 2025

Cravath Wins IFLR Europe 2025 “Loan Deal of the Year” Award for its Role in Financing TDR Capital and I Squared Capital’s Acquisition of Applus

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

June 11, 2024

John White and Jennifer Leete Speak at USC and FEI’s 42nd Annual SEC and Financial Reporting Institute Conference

On June 6, 2024, Cravath partners John W. White and Jennifer S. Leete participated in the 42nd Annual SEC and Financial Reporting Institute Conference, which was co‑hosted by the University of Southern California’s Leventhal School of Accounting and Financial Executives International in Los Angeles. The conference featured business and accounting executives and leading professionals from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to discuss recent SEC and financial reporting issues. John is Chair of the Institute’s Advisory Board.

Deals & Cases

October 06, 2025

Science Applications International Corporation’s $2.6 Billion of High-Yield Senior Notes and Credit Facilities

Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $500 million 144A/Reg. S high-yield senior notes offering of Science Applications International Corporation ("SAIC"), a leading provider of technical, engineering and enterprise information technology services primarily to the U.S. government. The transaction closed on September 25, 2025.

Deals & Cases

September 04, 2025

Verisk’s $1.5 Billion Registered Senior Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $1.5 billion registered senior notes offering of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (“Verisk”), a leading data, analytics and technology provider serving clients in the insurance sector. Proceeds of the offering will be used to partially finance Verisk’s acquisition of Exactlogix, Inc., doing business as AccuLynx.com. The transaction closed on August 21, 2025.

Deals & Cases

September 02, 2025

Verisk’s $2 Billion of Credit Facilities in Connection with its Pending Acquisition of AccuLynx.com

Cravath represented the administrative agent, lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with $2 billion of credit facilities made available to Verisk Analytics, Inc. (“Verisk”), as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with its pending acquisition of Exactlogix, Inc. (“AccuLynx.com”). Verisk is a leading data, analytics and technology provider serving clients in the insurance ecosystem. The credit facilities consisted of a $750 million term loan facility and a $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on August 15, 2025.

Deals & Cases

August 15, 2025

Fitch Learning’s Acquisition of Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions and the Canadian Securities Institute

On August 14, 2025, Fitch Learning, a global leader in financial learning and professional certifications, announced it signed an agreement with Moody’s to acquire two of their businesses, Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions, a global provider of credit training, and the Canadian Securities Institute, a leading provider of professional certifications for the Canadian financial services industry. Cravath is representing Fitch Learning in connection with the transaction.

Deals & Cases

May 09, 2025

TaskUs’s Take‑Private Acquisition by its Co‑Founders and Blackstone

On May 9, 2025, TaskUs, Inc. (“TaskUs”), a leading provider of outsourced digital services and next‑generation customer experience to companies, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to become a privately held company. Under the terms of the agreement, an affiliate of Blackstone, TaskUs Co‑Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bryce Maddock and TaskUs Co‑Founder and President Jaspar Weir (collectively the “Buyer Group”) will acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock they do not already own for $16.50 per share in an all-cash transaction. Upon completion of the transaction, the Company’s Class A common stock will no longer be listed on any public market. The TaskUs Board of Directors has approved the transaction upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee of independent directors (the “Special Committee”), which was formed on March 20, 2025, in response to interest expressed by the Buyer Group in exploring a possible transaction. Cravath is representing the Special Committee in connection with the transaction.

Activities

October 02, 2025

Philip Boeckman Elected as Chair of Society of English and American Lawyers

In September 2025, Cravath partner Philip J. Boeckman was elected as Chair of the Society of English and American Lawyers (“SEAL”). SEAL is a London‑based organization that for more than four decades has existed as a forum for English and American lawyers to meet and exchange views on professional, business, academic and cultural matters of concern to them. It brings together barristers, solicitors and members of the judiciary, regularly organizing social functions and talks on topics of interest to lawyers in jurisdictions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Activities

September 19, 2025

Financial Times Recognizes Cravath with “Innovative Lawyers in Dealmaking” Award at Innovative Lawyer Europe Awards 2025

On September 18, 2025, the Financial Times recognized Cravath at the publication’s Innovative Lawyer Europe Awards 2025, which recognize the most innovative work and legal service lawyers have developed for their clients in Europe. Cravath was chosen as the winner in the “Dealmaking” category in recognition of the Firm’s representation of the lead arrangers and initial purchasers in the €1.9 billion financing supporting TDR Capital and I Squared Capital’s public-to-private acquisition of Applus+.

Activities

August 21, 2025

Jin Baek Featured in Bloomberg Law’s 2025 “They’ve Got Next: 40 Under 40” Series

On August 12, 2025, Cravath partner Jin‑Kyu Baek was featured in Bloomberg Law’s “They’ve Got Next: 40 Under 40” series, which recognizes young lawyers who are “raising the bar in the legal profession,” based on their work on key client matters, assumption of leadership roles, pro bono commitments and more.

Activities

April 07, 2025

Cravath Wins IFLR Europe 2025 “Loan Deal of the Year” Award for its Role in Financing TDR Capital and I Squared Capital’s Acquisition of Applus

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

June 11, 2024

John White and Jennifer Leete Speak at USC and FEI’s 42nd Annual SEC and Financial Reporting Institute Conference

On June 6, 2024, Cravath partners John W. White and Jennifer S. Leete participated in the 42nd Annual SEC and Financial Reporting Institute Conference, which was co‑hosted by the University of Southern California’s Leventhal School of Accounting and Financial Executives International in Los Angeles. The conference featured business and accounting executives and leading professionals from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to discuss recent SEC and financial reporting issues. John is Chair of the Institute’s Advisory Board.

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