Latham & Watkins Advises Initial Purchasers on €1 Billion High-Yield Bond Issuance by Guala Closures

Latham & Watkins has advised the initial purchasers, comprised of Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan as joint global coordinators and joint physical bookrunners, alongside UniCredit, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, Mediobanca, UBS Investment Bank, IMI-Intesa Sanpaolo, and Santander as joint bookrunners, in connection with Guala Closures' successful €1 billion high-yield bond issuance.

Guala Closures is a global leader in the production of aluminum and plastic closures for the beverage industry and a portfolio company of Investindustrial.

The Latham team was led by Milan corporate partners Jeff Lawlis and Paolo Bernasconi, with associates Ruggero Barelli and Giulio Maccarrone. Advice was also provided on Italian finance matters by Milan partner Marcello Bragliani with associates Nicola Nocerino and Davide Chiarito; on UK finance matters by London partner Jonathan Brownson with associates Medha Vikram, Karim-Angelo Richani, and Harry Webb; on regulatory matters by Milan partner Cesare Milani with associates Edoardo Cassinelli and Giulio Catalani; on Spanish finance matters by partner Fernando Colomina with associates Jaime Grau and Lourdes Colom; and on tax matters by New York partner Aaron Bernstein.