Latham Advises on €2.55 Billion Bridge Financing for BW Gestão De Investimentos’ Public Tender Offer for Verallia Shares

Latham & Watkins has advised the arrangers on the €2.55 billion bridge financing for BW Gestão de Investimentos’ public tender offer for shares issued by Verallia, the European leader and world’s third-largest producer of glass packaging for beverages and food products. The offer price is fixed at €30 per share and values Verallia at approximately €6.1 billion.

The Latham team was led by London finance partners Jonathan Brownson and Prue Criddle, with Paris corporate partner Alexander Crosthwaite and Paris counsel Etienne Gentil, and London associates Bie Cookey, Andrew O’Neill, and Thomas O’Malley.