As reported today in Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets, U.S. grain merchant Gavilon Holdings LLC has agreed to be acquired by Marubeni Corporation, one of the largest general trading companies in Japan, for $3.6 billion. Paul, Weiss advised General Atlantic, a private equity sponsor of Gavilon, in the transaction.
The Paul, Weiss team advising General Atlantic included corporate partners Matthew W. Abbott and Neil Goldman and counsel Ji Lu; tax partner Richard J. Bronstein; employee benefits Robert C. Fleder and counsel Maureen A. Riley; and antitrust counsel Didier Malaquin.
