Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Client SatisfactionDebevoise & Plimpton LLP is known for representing private equity houses and their portfolio companies in equity offerings; private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a regular client, along with Providence Equity Partners and other major financial sponsors. It also has a strong reputation for deals in the healthcare, insurance, and media and entertainment sectors. Morgan Hayes is noted for deals involving private equity-backed issuers. Paul Rodel is co-chair of the capital markets group alongside Steven Slutzky . Eric Juergens and Ben Pedersen are also key members of the team. All are based in New York.
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Key clients
- Access Industries, Inc.
- agilon health
- American Coastal Insurance
- American International Group
- Ambac Assurance Corporation
- Antares Holdings LP
- BofA Securities, Inc.
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Carlyle Group
- Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LLC
- Core & Main Inc.
- Corebridge Financial Inc.
- Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.
- DoubleVerify
- Elliott
- Everest Re
- Fifth Wall Ventures Management, LLC
- Gogo, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs Group
- International Paper Company
- JetBlue Airways Corporation
- KKR
- LABL
- Lincoln Financial
- Manulife
- MBIA
- Morgan Stanley
- National Life Group
- Pacific Life Insurance Company
- Principal Financial Group
- Providence Equity Partners
- Prudential Plc
- Spirit Airlines
- The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA)
- Voya Financial
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
- Warner Music Group
- Westpac Banking Corporation
- WhiteCap
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited
Work highlights
- Advised American International Group and Corebridge Financial on AIG’s secondary public offering of 74.75m shares of Corebridge Financial common stock at $16.25 per share.
- Advised agilon health and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the secondary offering of approximately 85m shares of agilon health common stock by investment funds affiliated with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and concurrent repurchase of approximately 9.6m shares of common stock by agilon health.
- Advised Morgan Stanley & Co and Goldman Sachs as representatives of the underwriters, in the offering and sale of $1.4bn of common shares by RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Paul Rodel, Steven Slutzky