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Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)

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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP provides comprehensive legal counsel to private equity clients, covering M&A, fund transactions, leveraged finance, tax, and regulatory matters. The firm advises on complex buyouts, strategic investments, and fund restructurings, offering integrated, cross-border expertise. Practice chair Kevin Schmidt is a highly experienced advisor who frequently handles big-ticket acquisitions and disposals for leading firms and their portfolio companies. Paul Bird has most recently advised on acquisitions and investments in the healthcare, insurance and construction sectors. Kevin Rinker is routinely engaged on multi-billion dollar buyouts, particularly for longstanding client Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, while Jennifer Chu acts on significant market mergers and strategic partnerships. Uri Herzberg’s key clients include Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, HarbourVest, Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, and Stone Point Capital. Christopher Anthony and Spencer Gilbert both come recommended for their skill in public and private M&A, investments, and joint ventures. Gordon Moodie joined in late 2024.
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  • 'Knowledgeable, practical, good sense of market, strategic and culturally aligned.'
  • 'Kevin Schmidt - hard worker, relentless. Uri Herzberg - genius. Incredibly smart. Creative. Kevin Rinker - the real deal. Paul Bird - the best in the business.'
  • 'Work largely seamlessly with our other advisors (e.g. financial diligence, specialist regulatory counsel, etc.).'
  • 'High appreciation for younger corporate partners who show a level of dedication and commitment to our engagements and are generally very responsive - Christopher Anthony, Spencer Gilbert'. 
  • 'The Debevoise team has a very strong private equity focused M&A team with a lot of experience in different types of deals and sectors. They are particularly skilled ad complex private deals that involve novel structuring considerations and other complexities. They have clearly made private equity a strategic focus for the firm and that is reflected in the quality of service they provide.'
  • 'Kevin Schmidt who leads the PE group is highly responsive and experienced on a wide range of transactions and situations.'
  • 'Christoper Anthony offers exceptional counsel, paired with commerical acumen and calm, market based negotiation skills.'

Kernmandanten

  • The Blackstone Group
  • Brookfield
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
  • The Carlyle Group
  • Cerberus Capital Management
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
  • Elliott Investment Management
  • Kelso & Company
  • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
  • Providence Equity Partners

Highlight-Mandate

Advised Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition, together with Stone Point Capital and co-investors, of Truist Insurance Holdings, a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corporation and the fifth largest insurance broker in the United States, at an enterprise value of $15.5 billion.
Advised Windstream Holdings in its merger with Uniti Group, resulting in a combined public company that will be owned approximately 62% by Uniti stockholders and 38% by Windstream equity holders.
Advised Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition, together with TowerBrook Capital Partners, of R1 RCM Inc., at an enterprise value of $8.9 billion.

Anwält*innen

Hall of fame

Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Jennifer Chu

Partner*innen der nächsten Generation

Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.

Praxisleitung

Kevin Schmidt

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Paul Bird; Kevin Rinker; Jennifer Chu; Uri Herzberg; Christopher Anthony; Spencer Gilbert; Gordon Moodie