D. Ana
Choi

On October 4, 2024, Vista Outdoor Inc. (“Vista Outdoor”), the parent company of more than three dozen renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with funds managed by Strategic Value Partners, LLC, and its affiliates (“SVP”), a global alternative investment firm with approximately $19 billion of assets under management, to sell Revelyst in an all‑cash transaction based on an enterprise value of $1.125 billion. In connection with the SVP Transaction, Vista Outdoor also entered into an amendment to the merger agreement with Czechoslovak Group a.s. (“CSG”) to acquire The Kinetic Group, increasing the purchase price for The Kinetic Group to $2.225 billion. Together, the CSG Transaction and the SVP Transaction represent an enterprise value of $3.35 billion for Vista Outdoor and will deliver an estimated $45 per share in cash to Vista Outdoor stockholders. Cravath is representing Vista Outdoor in connection with the transaction.

Cravath represented the joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with $1.3 billion of credit facilities made available to Cedar Fair, L.P., and certain of its subsidiaries, as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with the pending merger of Cedar Fair, L.P. and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, two of the largest regional amusement park operators in the world. The facilities consisted of a $1.0 billion term loan facility and a $300 million revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on May 1, 2024.

On December 10, 2023, Occidental Petroleum Corporation entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Occidental Petroleum Corporation will acquire CrownRock, L.P. Cravath represented Occidental Petroleum Corporation, as borrower, in connection with a $10 billion bridge facility to support the proposed acquisition. Occidental Petroleum Corporation is an international oil and gas exploration and production company.

On October 16, 2023, Vista Outdoor Inc. (“Vista Outdoor”), the parent company of 41 renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products to consumers around the globe, announced a definitive agreement to sell its Sporting Products business to Czechoslovak Group a.s. (“CSG”), a leading industrial technology holding company, for an enterprise value of $1.91 billion in an all-cash transaction. This transaction represents the next step in Vista Outdoor’s plan to split the company into separate entities. Cravath is representing Vista Outdoor in connection with the transaction.

On May 12, 2023, the Washington Commanders and a partnership led by Josh Harris announced they have entered into a purchase and sale agreement which calls for Harris and partners to acquire the Washington Commanders from the Snyder family. The agreement is subject to NFL approval as well as the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Cravath is representing the Snyder family in connection with the transaction.

On November 17, 2023, Virginia M. Anderson, D. Ana Choi, Christopher P. Davis, Janice T.P. Martindale, Flora Ng, Nicole M. Peles, Scott B. Reents and Kathryn‑Ann Stamm were named of counsels of the Firm and Jean Kearns and DongHwa Kim were named senior attorneys of the Firm, effective January 1, 2024.