Debevoise Advised CD&R in Various Financing and Competition Aspects of Its $10.3 Billion Acquisition of Sealed Air

17 April 2026

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised CD&R in the financing and competition aspects of its $10.3 billion acquisition of Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE), a global provider of food and protective packaging solutions. The financing included (i) $3,535 million and €650 million in term loan facilities, (ii) a $1,400 million revolving credit facility, (iii) the offering of $1,850 million and €525 million of senior secured notes and (iv) the offering of $500 million of senior unsecured notes. For more information, see the Sealed Air press release.

The Debevoise team was led by finance partners Brett Novick, capital markets partner Steven Slutzky and antitrust partner Timothy McIver and included finance partners Scott Selinger and Gregg Young, associates David Ataide, Ilya Balabanovsky, Dara Liss, Jessica Liss, Timothy Shin and Adam Silverwood and law clerk Noah Schaffir, capital markets associates Chris Gallucci, Zhenya Lebedev, Paul Lowry, Eleanor Neilson, Fleur Oostwal and law clerk Hannah Wolfe, antitrust counsel Anne-Mette Heemsoth and associates Lina Hamidou and Talia Lorch, tax partners Michael Bolotin and Erin Cleary, associate Samana Bhatta and law clerk Elaine Xie, investment management partners Jonathan Adler and Jason Auerbach, counsel Jihyun Yoo and associates Dina Herzig, Carly Hill, Michael Keene, Thomas Rose and Christopher Ziac, IP and technology transactions partner Henry Lebowitz and associate Siena Stanislaus, Sabine Violetta Kobienia and Chaim Lapp, and banking counsel Emilie Hsu.