Corporate

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $1.73 billion registered common stock offering of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (“LPL”), a holding company which, through its securities brokerage, offers investment advisory services and insurance brokerage services. Cravath also represented the underwriters in connection with LPL’s concurrent $1.5 billion senior notes offering. Proceeds of the offerings will be used to partially finance LPL’s acquisition of Commonwealth Financial Network. The transactions closed on April 2, 2025, and April 3, 2025, respectively.

Cravath represented AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company and AerCap Global Aviation Trust in connection with its $500 million registered fixed‑rate reset junior subordinated notes offering. AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company and AerCap Global Aviation Trust are wholly owned subsidiaries of AerCap Holdings N.V., the global leader in aircraft leasing. The notes will be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on April 1, 2025.

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $4 billion registered senior notes offering of Dell International L.L.C. and EMC Corporation. Dell International L.L.C. and EMC Corporation are wholly‑owned subsidiaries of Dell Technologies, a leading integrated technology solutions provider in the IT industry. The transaction closed on April 1, 2025.

Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $400 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior notes offering of goeasy Ltd., a leading full‑service provider of goods and alternative financial services that improve the lives of everyday Canadians. The transaction closed on April 1, 2025.

On April 10, 2025, an investor group led by White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (“White Mountains”), Ethos Capital and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation announced it will acquire an ownership position in BroadStreet Partners, Inc. (“BroadStreet”), a leading North American insurance brokerage company. Under the terms of the agreement, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will maintain a significant co‑control stake in BroadStreet and operate in partnership with the investment group. Cravath is representing White Mountains in connection with the transaction.

Cravath partner Faiza J. Saeed was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s annual “Power Lawyers” list, which recognizes “the entertainment industry’s most powerful legal advocates” and was published in the April 2, 2025 issue of The Hollywood Reporter Magazine. The feature highlighted Faiza’s representation of the Paramount Special Committee of independent directors in connection with Paramount’s $28 billion merger agreement with Skydance, as well as her representation of the independent Special Committee of Endeavor’s board of directors in connection with Endeavor’s $25 billion take private acquisition by Silver Lake. This is Faiza’s eighth year being recognized as a “Power Lawyer.”

Cravath partners C. Daniel Haaren, Bethany A. Pfalzgraf and Noah Joshua Phillips were featured in the 2025 edition of “Practice Perspectives: Vault’s Guide to Legal Practice Areas,” which highlights the experiences of practicing lawyers in more than 20 different areas of the law and is published annually.

On April 11, 2025, Cravath partner Michael L. Arnold and of counsel William D. Podurgiel participated in “Proxy Season Hot Topics - Evolving ESG and Shareholder Proposals,” a virtual program co‑hosted by Cravath and the Texas General Counsel Forum. The program reviewed key proxy season updates, including the impact of updated SEC guidance on ESG and shareholder engagement, responses to shareholder proposals under Staff Legal Bulletin 14M, updates to Schedule 13D and 13G reporting and new considerations in ESG disclosures.

Cravath partner Richard Hall served as contributing editor of Legal 500’s 2025 “Mergers & Acquisitions Country Comparative Guide,” which was published in April 2025. The guide provides a pragmatic overview of M&A laws and regulations across a variety of jurisdictions. Together with Richard, partner Daniel J. Cerqueira authored the United States chapter of the guide, which reviews M&A trends, the current state of the market and key considerations for companies and shareholders.

On April 3, 2025, IFLR honored Cravath as an advisor of the “Loan Deal of the Year” at the publication’s 2025 Europe Awards, in connection with the Firm’s representation of the lead arrangers and initial purchasers in the financing for TDR Capital and I Squared Capital’s €1.9 billion acquisition of Applus. In announcing the award, IFLR highlighted the “bespoke innovative English law financing arrangements” involved in the deal as well as the nine global jurisdictions it spanned. The publication also noted how “the deal teams navigated untested regulatory and other deal‑specific requirements that contained a number of firsts in the Spanish market.”