New York – LawFuel.com – October 7, 2009 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (“CD&R”) in its agreement with JohnsonDiversey, Inc., under which a CD&R-managed fund will invest $477 million for a 46 percent equity interest in the company as part of a broader recapitalization transaction valued at $2.6 billion.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., founded in 1978, is a private equity firm with an investment strategy predicated on producing superior financial returns through building stronger, more profitable businesses. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a leading international law firm with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London, Paris, Frankfurt, Moscow, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
The Debevoise team is led by partner Franci J. Blassberg and includes partners David A. Brittenham, Jonathan E. Levitsky, Jonathan F. Lewis and David H. Schnabel, counsel Stuart Hammer and associates Kamal Agrawal, Meir D. Katz, Thomas E. McGuinness and Kimberly P. Roller.
