We represent some of the world’s best-known brands—in such areas as apparel, household products, luxury goods and beverages—as they seek to compete in changing market conditions.
Drawing on our heritage of giving strategic legal advice, we assist consumer products companies, financial institutions, private equity firms and other investors on:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Capital markets and financing transactions
- Intellectual property matters and other disputes
Other transactions in the consumer products sector have included:
Smithfield Foods in its merger with Shuanghui International Holdings
| $7.1 billion |
| Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in debt refinancing transactions | $5.65 billion |
| Suntory Beverage & Food Limited in its IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the largest IPO in Asia in 2013
| $3.9 billion |
| Hershey Company in multiple debt offerings | $2.2 billion |
| Administrative Agent in the second amended and restated credit agreement of Liz Claiborne
| $350 million |
| Blackstone in its investment in Versace
| $287 million |
| Underwriters in the IPO of Vince Holding Corp.
| $230 million |
Additionally, we have counseled clients in the consumer products sector in connection with their most important litigation matters, including:
- LG Display in a billion-dollar antitrust lawsuit filed by Sony in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Duracell in several advertising disputes
- World-class motorcycle producer in a class action suit claiming fuel tank defects