Unilever’s Acquisition of Sundial Brands

On November 27, 2017, Unilever announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sundial Brands, a New York-based personal care products company. Cravath is representing Unilever in connection with the transaction.

The Cravath team is led by partners Aaron M. Gruber and Mark I. Greene and includes associate G.J. Ligelis Jr. and foreign associate attorney Jakub K. Lorys on M&A matters; partner Andrew W. Needham and associate Kiran Sheffrin on tax matters; partner David J. Kappos and associate Nicholas Kypriotakis on intellectual property matters; partner Christine A. Varney, senior attorney Jesse M. Weiss and associate Kate F. Stamell on antitrust matters; partner Matthew Morreale on environmental matters; and senior attorney Joyce Law and practice area attorney Brian M. Budnick on real estate matters. Joel Feigenbaum also worked on intellectual property matters and Alison E. Beskin worked on executive compensation and benefits matters.