Corporate

Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner in connection with $7 billion of credit facilities made available to The Home Depot, Inc., the world’s largest home improvement retailer. The transaction closed on May 6, 2025.

Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $500 million 144A/Reg. S sustainable notes offering of Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A., one of Latin America's largest forest plantation owners and one of the world's largest producers of pulp and wood products. The transaction closed on May 5, 2025. 

On May 15, 2025, the boards of Greencore Group plc (“Greencore”), a leading manufacturer of convenience foods in the UK, and Bakkavor Group Plc (“Bakkavor”), a leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, announced that they have agreed the terms of a recommended acquisition of Bakkavor by Greencore at a base consideration which values each Bakkavor share at 200 pence, which implies Bakkavor’s entire issued and to be issued share capital is valued at approximately £1.2 billion. Under the terms of the transaction, Bakkavor shareholders will be entitled to (for each Bakkavor share): 0.604 new Greencore shares, 85 pence in cash and one contingent value right. Cravath is representing Greencore as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.

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.

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $2 billion registered senior notes, floating rate notes and fixed‑to‑floating rate senior notes offering of State Street Corporation, a provider of a broad range of financial products and services to institutional investors worldwide. The transaction closed on April 24, 2025.

Cravath partner Elad Roisman participated in “The SEC Speaks in 2025,” a program presented by the Practising Law Institute in cooperation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) from May 19‑20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Elad was a commentator alongside other former SEC Commissioners on the panels for Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Trading and Markets and Division of Enforcement. The program convened corporate attorneys, private sector executives and SEC officials, including the Chairman, Commissioners and senior staff, to provide and discuss essential updates on the current initiatives and priorities at the SEC. 

On May 20, 2025, Cravath partner Jelena McWilliams participated in S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Community Bankers Conference 2025, which was held from May 18‑20 in Irving, Texas. The conference hosted bank executives, board members, investors, technology providers and advisers to discuss the strategic issues facing community banks and how they can best respond to the market forces continuing to reshape the industry. Jelena was featured in a fireside chat on banking policy and regulation, during which she examined what recent developments reveal about potential regulatory posture, key issues that could have a profound impact on banks’ operations and other hot‑button issues that have surfaced during recent examinations.

On May 13, 2025, Cravath partner Jeffrey T. Dinwoodie published an essay in the Yale Journal on Regulation’s Notice & Comment blog entitled “Net Capital and Crypto.” The essay discusses how the application of the SEC’s Net Capital Rule to crypto will likely play a role in shaping crypto market structure under the emerging U.S. regulatory framework.

On May 12, 2025, Cravath published the latest edition of its Finance & Capital Markets Quarterly Review, which has been redesigned for the Q1 2025 edition to provide greater insight into practical points, key takeaways and relevant developments related to the bond, equity and loan markets and restructuring activity during the first quarter of 2025. Highlights from this edition include:

On May 12, 2025, Cravath published the latest edition of its Quarterly Review, which has been redesigned for the Q1 2025 edition to provide greater insight into practical points, key takeaways and relevant developments across the M&A, activism, tax, regulatory and corporate governance landscape. This edition covers: