Cadwalader Advises Smurfit Kappa on €240 Million Trade Receivables Securitisation Refinancing

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, represented Smurfit Kappa Group in its recent five-year trade receivables securitisation programme of up to €240 million maturing in June 2019. The programme utilises Smurfit Kappa’s receivables in France, the United Kingdom and Germany, and will be used to refinance a similar facility that matures in 2015.

Smurfit Kappa is a leading global producer of paper-based packaging, employing more than 40,000 employees across 32 countries.

The Cadwalader team included partners Jeremiah Wagner, Bruce Bloomingdale and Adam Blakemore; associates Jake Lindsay and Mark Harbison; and paralegal Alexander Sykopetritis.

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