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CC Capital/Cannae Holdings/Thomas Lee Partners $6.9 billion acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet

8/8/2018
Private acquisition
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$ 6.9 billion

Announced

8/8/2018

Overview:

  • The transaction will be financed through a combination of equity financing provided by the acquirers, as well as a debt issue.
  • JPMorgan acted as financial adviser to Dun & Bradstreet.
  • BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, and RBC Capital Markets acted as financial advisers to CC Capital, Cannae Holdings and Thomas H Lee Partners.

Daniel Semerdzhiev - Data analyst

Jurisdiction:

United States

Deal type:

Private acquisition

Practice area:

M&A

Governing law:

United States

Industry sector:

Technology and telecommunications

Firms:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Party: Dun & Bradstreet Corp (Target)

Kirkland & Ellis

Party: CC Capital (Acquirer)

Party: Cannae Holdings (Acquirer)

Party: Thomas H Lee Partners (Acquirer)

Lawyers: Daniel Wolf, Lauren Colasacco, Melissa Hutson, Michael Kim, Peter Martelli

Sullivan & Cromwell

Party: Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) (Acquirer)

Lawyer: Brian Hamilton

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