Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V.’s High‑Yield Senior Debt Offering

Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, BoA Merrill Lynch, Credit Agricole CIB, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with the €250 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior debt offering of Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tires. The notes were listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on December 15, 2015.

The Cravath team included partner Stephen L. Burns and associates Jacob B. Ornstein and Matthew L. Ploszek. Nicholas Kypriotakis also worked on this matter.