Investindustrial Acquires TreeHouse Foods in $2.9 Billion Take-Private Deal

Paul, Weiss advised Investindustrial on the financing aspects of its acquisition of leading North American private label snacking and beverage manufacturer TreeHouse Foods, Inc., for an enterprise value of $2.9 billion. The financing for the take-private transaction consisted of proceeds from a first lien credit facility and an offering of senior secured notes. The group also entered into an asset-backed loan facility in connection with the transaction.
 
The Paul, Weiss team was led by corporate partners Eric Wedel, Matthew Leist, Caroline Epstein, Neel Sachdev, Matthew Merkle, Deirdre Jones and Stefan Arnold-Soulby and included partner Reva Raghavan; tax partner Robert Holo and counsel Samir Kurani; and intellectual property partner Jonathan Ashtor.