Cravath’s New York Office Moves to Two Manhattan West
Tatiana Lapushchik is Co-Head of the Banking and Credit Practice. Her practice spans both leveraged and investment grade bank financings across a variety of industries, including industrials, oil and gas, consumer and technology and media. Ms. Lapushchik dedicates a significant portion of her practice to advising on financings for private equity clients and their portfolio companies.
Ms. Lapushchik has been repeatedly recognized as a leading lawyer in banking and finance by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who Legal. Her work has been recognized in the Financial Times’ 2013 U.S. Innovative Lawyers Report and by the New York Law Journal. In 2019, Ms. Lapushchik received the “Best in Banking & Finance” award at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards. She was also named to Crain’s New York Business’s 2020 list of “Notable Women in Law,” IFLR1000’s 2021 and 2022 lists of “Women Leaders - United States” and Lawdragon’s 2023 list of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America,” as well as its 2021 and 2022 lists of the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America.”
In her leveraged finance practice, Ms. Lapushchik has been involved in numerous private equity and strategic leveraged financings, recapitalizations and debt restructurings, including financings for Lindsay Goldberg in connection with its acquisitions of The Kleinfelder Group, ARYZTA’s North American bakery business (now Aspire Bakeries), Liquid Tech Solutions, Summit Interconnect and other portfolio companies; American Securities and Lindsay Goldberg in connection with the acquisition of AECOM’s Management Services business and subsequent acquisitions of DynCorp and PAE; Six Flags in connection with its merger of equals with Cedar Fair; Entegris in connection with its acquisitions of CMC Materials and ATMI; Bakelite in connection with its carve-out acquisition of Georgia Pacific Chemicals; Fathom Manufacturing in connection with its SPAC merger; and White Mountains in connection with its acquisitions of NSM Insurance Group and other portfolio companies.
In her investment grade practice, Ms. Lapushchik regularly advises on some of the largest or most complex financings, including financings for Mars in connection with its acquisition of Hotel Chocolat; Concentrix in connection with its acquisition of Webhelp; Crane Company and Crane Holdings (renamed Crane NXT) in connection with the spin-off of Crane Company; UTC in connection with its combination with Raytheon and Carrier and Otis in connection with their subsequent spin‑offs from UTC; FactSet in connection with its acquisition of CUSIP Global Services business from S&P; Skyworks in connection with its acquisition of the Infrastructure & Automotive business of Silicon Labs; Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in connection with its acquisition of GE’s transportation business; Northrop Grumman in connection with its acquisition of Orbital ATK; DuPont in connection with its combination with Dow and DowDuPont and Corteva in connection with their split-offs; Tesoro in connection with its acquisition of Western Refinancing; and Actavis in connection with its acquisition of Allergan, which was one of the largest financings ever completed at the time. She also regularly advises financial institutions on general financings for their marquee investment grade clients, including Amazon, Best Buy, Hess, Marathon Petroleum, Mondelēz, Pfizer, Tyson and Walmart.
Ms. Lapushchik received a B.A. summa cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University, in 1997 and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2000.
Ms. Lapushchik joined Cravath in 2000 and was elected a partner in 2007.
Ms. Lapushchik has been repeatedly recognized as a leading lawyer in banking and finance by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who Legal. Her work has been recognized in the Financial Times’ 2013 U.S. Innovative Lawyers Report and by the New York Law Journal. In 2019, Ms. Lapushchik received the “Best in Banking & Finance” award at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards. She was also named to Crain’s New York Business’s 2020 list of “Notable Women in Law,” IFLR1000’s 2021 and 2022 lists of “Women Leaders - United States” and Lawdragon’s 2023 list of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America,” as well as its 2021 and 2022 lists of the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America.”
In her leveraged finance practice, Ms. Lapushchik has been involved in numerous private equity and strategic leveraged financings, recapitalizations and debt restructurings, including financings for Lindsay Goldberg in connection with its acquisitions of The Kleinfelder Group, ARYZTA’s North American bakery business (now Aspire Bakeries), Liquid Tech Solutions, Summit Interconnect and other portfolio companies; American Securities and Lindsay Goldberg in connection with the acquisition of AECOM’s Management Services business and subsequent acquisitions of DynCorp and PAE; Six Flags in connection with its merger of equals with Cedar Fair; Entegris in connection with its acquisitions of CMC Materials and ATMI; Bakelite in connection with its carve-out acquisition of Georgia Pacific Chemicals; Fathom Manufacturing in connection with its SPAC merger; and White Mountains in connection with its acquisitions of NSM Insurance Group and other portfolio companies.
In her investment grade practice, Ms. Lapushchik regularly advises on some of the largest or most complex financings, including financings for Mars in connection with its acquisition of Hotel Chocolat; Concentrix in connection with its acquisition of Webhelp; Crane Company and Crane Holdings (renamed Crane NXT) in connection with the spin-off of Crane Company; UTC in connection with its combination with Raytheon and Carrier and Otis in connection with their subsequent spin‑offs from UTC; FactSet in connection with its acquisition of CUSIP Global Services business from S&P; Skyworks in connection with its acquisition of the Infrastructure & Automotive business of Silicon Labs; Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in connection with its acquisition of GE’s transportation business; Northrop Grumman in connection with its acquisition of Orbital ATK; DuPont in connection with its combination with Dow and DowDuPont and Corteva in connection with their split-offs; Tesoro in connection with its acquisition of Western Refinancing; and Actavis in connection with its acquisition of Allergan, which was one of the largest financings ever completed at the time. She also regularly advises financial institutions on general financings for their marquee investment grade clients, including Amazon, Best Buy, Hess, Marathon Petroleum, Mondelēz, Pfizer, Tyson and Walmart.
Ms. Lapushchik received a B.A. summa cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University, in 1997 and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2000.
Ms. Lapushchik joined Cravath in 2000 and was elected a partner in 2007.
Best Lawyers in America
Chambers Global
Chambers USA
Crain’s New York Business
IFLR1000
Law360
Lawdragon
The Legal 500 US
New York Law Journal
Who’s Who Legal
Americas Women in Business Law Awards - Best in Banking & Finance, Euromoney Legal Media Group (2019)
Deals & Cases
June 05, 2024
Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner in connection with $1.5 billion of credit facilities made available to Monster Beverage Corporation, a leading developer and distributer of energy drink beverages. The facilities consisted of a $750 million revolving credit facility and a $750 million term loan facility. The transaction closed on May 22, 2024.
Deals & Cases
May 21, 2024
Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner in connection with $14.5 billion of credit facilities made available to The Home Depot, Inc., the world’s largest home improvement retailer, as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with the pending acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc. The facilities consisted of a $10 billion revolving credit facility, $3.5 billion 364‑day revolving credit facility and $1.0 billion three‑year revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on May 7, 2024.
Deals & Cases
May 16, 2024
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.
Deals & Cases
March 29, 2024
Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a £1.35 billion bridge facility made available to fund the proposed acquisition of Spirent Communications by Keysight Technologies, Inc., outbidding a previous proposal by Viavi Solutions. Keysight Technologies, Inc. is a global innovator in the computing, communications and electronics market. The transaction announced on March 28, 2024.
Deals & Cases
November 30, 2023
Cravath represented the administrative agent, sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner in connection with a £375 million term loan facility made available to Mars, Incorporated to finance the recommended acquisition of Hotel Chocolat Group plc. Mars, Incorporated is one of the world’s largest privately-held, family-owned businesses with a history of successfully building and growing market-leading consumer brands for over 100 years. The transaction closed on November 16, 2023.
Tatiana Lapushchik is Co-Head of the Banking and Credit Practice. Her practice spans both leveraged and investment grade bank financings across a variety of industries, including industrials, oil and gas, consumer and technology and media. Ms. Lapushchik dedicates a significant portion of her practice to advising on financings for private equity clients and their portfolio companies.
Ms. Lapushchik has been repeatedly recognized as a leading lawyer in banking and finance by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who Legal. Her work has been recognized in the Financial Times’ 2013 U.S. Innovative Lawyers Report and by the New York Law Journal. In 2019, Ms. Lapushchik received the “Best in Banking & Finance” award at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards. She was also named to Crain’s New York Business’s 2020 list of “Notable Women in Law,” IFLR1000’s 2021 and 2022 lists of “Women Leaders - United States” and Lawdragon’s 2023 list of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America,” as well as its 2021 and 2022 lists of the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America.”
In her leveraged finance practice, Ms. Lapushchik has been involved in numerous private equity and strategic leveraged financings, recapitalizations and debt restructurings, including financings for Lindsay Goldberg in connection with its acquisitions of The Kleinfelder Group, ARYZTA’s North American bakery business (now Aspire Bakeries), Liquid Tech Solutions, Summit Interconnect and other portfolio companies; American Securities and Lindsay Goldberg in connection with the acquisition of AECOM’s Management Services business and subsequent acquisitions of DynCorp and PAE; Six Flags in connection with its merger of equals with Cedar Fair; Entegris in connection with its acquisitions of CMC Materials and ATMI; Bakelite in connection with its carve-out acquisition of Georgia Pacific Chemicals; Fathom Manufacturing in connection with its SPAC merger; and White Mountains in connection with its acquisitions of NSM Insurance Group and other portfolio companies.
In her investment grade practice, Ms. Lapushchik regularly advises on some of the largest or most complex financings, including financings for Mars in connection with its acquisition of Hotel Chocolat; Concentrix in connection with its acquisition of Webhelp; Crane Company and Crane Holdings (renamed Crane NXT) in connection with the spin-off of Crane Company; UTC in connection with its combination with Raytheon and Carrier and Otis in connection with their subsequent spin‑offs from UTC; FactSet in connection with its acquisition of CUSIP Global Services business from S&P; Skyworks in connection with its acquisition of the Infrastructure & Automotive business of Silicon Labs; Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in connection with its acquisition of GE’s transportation business; Northrop Grumman in connection with its acquisition of Orbital ATK; DuPont in connection with its combination with Dow and DowDuPont and Corteva in connection with their split-offs; Tesoro in connection with its acquisition of Western Refinancing; and Actavis in connection with its acquisition of Allergan, which was one of the largest financings ever completed at the time. She also regularly advises financial institutions on general financings for their marquee investment grade clients, including Amazon, Best Buy, Hess, Marathon Petroleum, Mondelēz, Pfizer, Tyson and Walmart.
Ms. Lapushchik received a B.A. summa cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University, in 1997 and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2000.
Ms. Lapushchik joined Cravath in 2000 and was elected a partner in 2007.
Ms. Lapushchik has been repeatedly recognized as a leading lawyer in banking and finance by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who Legal. Her work has been recognized in the Financial Times’ 2013 U.S. Innovative Lawyers Report and by the New York Law Journal. In 2019, Ms. Lapushchik received the “Best in Banking & Finance” award at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards. She was also named to Crain’s New York Business’s 2020 list of “Notable Women in Law,” IFLR1000’s 2021 and 2022 lists of “Women Leaders - United States” and Lawdragon’s 2023 list of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America,” as well as its 2021 and 2022 lists of the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America.”
In her leveraged finance practice, Ms. Lapushchik has been involved in numerous private equity and strategic leveraged financings, recapitalizations and debt restructurings, including financings for Lindsay Goldberg in connection with its acquisitions of The Kleinfelder Group, ARYZTA’s North American bakery business (now Aspire Bakeries), Liquid Tech Solutions, Summit Interconnect and other portfolio companies; American Securities and Lindsay Goldberg in connection with the acquisition of AECOM’s Management Services business and subsequent acquisitions of DynCorp and PAE; Six Flags in connection with its merger of equals with Cedar Fair; Entegris in connection with its acquisitions of CMC Materials and ATMI; Bakelite in connection with its carve-out acquisition of Georgia Pacific Chemicals; Fathom Manufacturing in connection with its SPAC merger; and White Mountains in connection with its acquisitions of NSM Insurance Group and other portfolio companies.
In her investment grade practice, Ms. Lapushchik regularly advises on some of the largest or most complex financings, including financings for Mars in connection with its acquisition of Hotel Chocolat; Concentrix in connection with its acquisition of Webhelp; Crane Company and Crane Holdings (renamed Crane NXT) in connection with the spin-off of Crane Company; UTC in connection with its combination with Raytheon and Carrier and Otis in connection with their subsequent spin‑offs from UTC; FactSet in connection with its acquisition of CUSIP Global Services business from S&P; Skyworks in connection with its acquisition of the Infrastructure & Automotive business of Silicon Labs; Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in connection with its acquisition of GE’s transportation business; Northrop Grumman in connection with its acquisition of Orbital ATK; DuPont in connection with its combination with Dow and DowDuPont and Corteva in connection with their split-offs; Tesoro in connection with its acquisition of Western Refinancing; and Actavis in connection with its acquisition of Allergan, which was one of the largest financings ever completed at the time. She also regularly advises financial institutions on general financings for their marquee investment grade clients, including Amazon, Best Buy, Hess, Marathon Petroleum, Mondelēz, Pfizer, Tyson and Walmart.
Ms. Lapushchik received a B.A. summa cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University, in 1997 and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2000.
Ms. Lapushchik joined Cravath in 2000 and was elected a partner in 2007.
Best Lawyers in America
Chambers Global
Chambers USA
Crain’s New York Business
IFLR1000
Law360
Lawdragon
The Legal 500 US
New York Law Journal
Who’s Who Legal
Americas Women in Business Law Awards - Best in Banking & Finance, Euromoney Legal Media Group (2019)
Deals & Cases
June 05, 2024
Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner in connection with $1.5 billion of credit facilities made available to Monster Beverage Corporation, a leading developer and distributer of energy drink beverages. The facilities consisted of a $750 million revolving credit facility and a $750 million term loan facility. The transaction closed on May 22, 2024.
Deals & Cases
May 21, 2024
Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner in connection with $14.5 billion of credit facilities made available to The Home Depot, Inc., the world’s largest home improvement retailer, as part of the financing transactions undertaken in connection with the pending acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc. The facilities consisted of a $10 billion revolving credit facility, $3.5 billion 364‑day revolving credit facility and $1.0 billion three‑year revolving credit facility. The transaction closed on May 7, 2024.
Deals & Cases
May 16, 2024
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.
Deals & Cases
March 29, 2024
Cravath represented the administrative agent, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a £1.35 billion bridge facility made available to fund the proposed acquisition of Spirent Communications by Keysight Technologies, Inc., outbidding a previous proposal by Viavi Solutions. Keysight Technologies, Inc. is a global innovator in the computing, communications and electronics market. The transaction announced on March 28, 2024.
Deals & Cases
November 30, 2023
Cravath represented the administrative agent, sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner in connection with a £375 million term loan facility made available to Mars, Incorporated to finance the recommended acquisition of Hotel Chocolat Group plc. Mars, Incorporated is one of the world’s largest privately-held, family-owned businesses with a history of successfully building and growing market-leading consumer brands for over 100 years. The transaction closed on November 16, 2023.
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