Cravath – Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions’s High-Yield Senior Secured Debt Offering

Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole CIB, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan Securities and RBS, in connection with the €400 million 144A/Reg.

S high‑yield senior secured debt offering of Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Smurfit Kappa Group plc, one of the world’s largest integrated paper and paperboard manufacturers and converters, with primary operations in Europe and Latin America. The notes were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on January 28, 2013.

The Cravath team included partner Philip J. Boeckman.

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