ABL Corporate Partner Jonathan Wenig led the transaction with Banking & Finance Partner Gen Sexton. The US$475 million raising is intended to repay existing debt.
Jonathan Wenig commented: “We are pleased to have been able to assist Nufarm to pursue this significant raising, particularly given the cross border dynamics involved”.
Lead US counsel were Skadden, with Sullivan and Cromwell acting for the underwriters. To read more about the transaction, click here for Nufarm's announcement.
This debt capital markets transaction follows recent cross-border acquisitions led by ABL on behalf of Nufarm – the agreement to acquire a portfolio of European crop protection products from Adama Agricultural Solutions and Syngenta Crop Protection, for A$627 million; and the A$118 million acquisition of a European cereal broadleaf herbicide portfolio from American chemical manufacturing company FMC Corporation.
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