Willkie advises CapVest Partners LLP on entering into a definitive agreement to acquire the majority stake in STADA from Bain Capital and Cinven. STADA is a leading healthcare and pharmaceuticals company headquartered in Bad Vilbel, Germany, specializing in Consumer Healthcare, Generics...

Willkie advised the underwriter in an exempt offering of $100,000,000 of 6.500% non-cumulative Series H preferred stock of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: AGM), a federally chartered corporation that provides a secondary market for a variety of loans made to borrowers...

Willkie represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Securities, Inc. in an upsized secondary offering of 5,500,000 ordinary shares of SharkNinja (NYSE: SN), a global product design and technology company.  The “bought deal” raised $638 million for the selling shareholders. The offering...

Willkie continued to earn extensive recognition as an industry leader in the 2025 editions of Chambers, receiving 100 practice area and 210 individual rankings across multiple directories. The firm and its lawyers were broadly recognized for outstanding work across Willkie’s platform...

On August 25, Crescentia Capital, the equity buyout business of Calvert Street Investment Partners, announced that it completed a strategic growth investment in C&D Industrial Maintenance, a premier provider of commercial door and loading dock services across the Southeast. Willkie advised...

Willkie represented the commodities business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in its first municipal bond commodity prepayment transaction using a special purpose vehicle – Pierpont Energy Prepay 1.   The transaction involved the issuance of $700 million of municipal bonds by The Black Belt Energy...

Willkie advised the underwriters in a registered public offering of $500,000,000 5.000% Notes due 2035 of Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL), a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services.  The transaction was led by partner Eddie Best with...

Willkie advised Atlanticus (NASDAQ: ATLC), a financial technology company, on its debut high yield bond offering of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.750% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) issued on August 20, 2025.  The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as...

Craig C. Martin, Chairman, Americas, has again been recognized in the 2025 edition of the IAM Strategy 300, an annual guide to the world’s leading intellectual property strategists.   A top trial lawyer and business leader, Craig was recognized among the go-to practitioners who excel...