Practices

Consumer Products and Retail

Cleary Gottlieb represents domestic and international businesses in the wide array of legal matters arising in the consumer products and retail industry. Our lawyers assist designers, manufacturers, small businesses and conglomerates in all aspects of corporate transactional work, including M&A and capital markets matters, as well as in issues of business strategy, corporate governance, employee benefits, intellectual property rights and litigation and arbitration.

What Others Say About Our Practice

Americas Restructuring Deal of the Year, Best Restructuring
(Comerci)
International Financing Review (2012), LatinFinance (2012)

M&A Deal of the Year,
Americas M&A Deal of the Year
(Heineken’s acquisition of FEMSA’s beer operations)
Latin Lawyer (2011), International Financial Law Review (2011), Financial Times' U.S. Innovative Lawyers (2011)

Best Primary Equity Issue
(Grupo Comercial Chedraui’s IPO)
LatinFinance (2011)

Debt Market Deal of the Year
(McDonald’s Corporation’s RMB bond offering)
Macallan ALB Hong Kong Awards (2011)

#3 in U.S. Consumer Products and Services M&A
Thomson Reuters (2011) (Announced, value)

#3 in Japan Consumer Products and Services M&A
Thomson Reuters (2011) (Announced, value)

Restructuring Deal of the Year
(GRUMA)
Latin Lawyer (2010)

Retail Deal of the Year
(Istithmar’s acquisition of Barneys New York)
Investment Dealers' Digest (2007)

Latin American M&A Deal of the Year
(Almacenes Exito’s acquisition of Carulla Vivero)
LatinFinance (2007)

U.S. Equity Issue of the Year
(VMWare’s IPO)
International Financing Review (2007)

Consumer Products and Retail

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