Window Maker Jeld-Wen Taps Adviser Amid Slower Construction

Window and door manufacturer Jeld-Wen tapped investment bank Evercore Inc. for advice as the company wants to tackle near-term debt maturities, joining others in the construction materials industry that are in discussions with its creditors after demand softened, according to people familiar with the situation.

A group of lenders retained Moelis & Co. as financial adviser and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as legal counsel, said the people familiar, who asked not to identified discussing a private matter. Meanwhile, a group of unsecured bondholders is working with Houlihan Lokey and Davis Polk & Wardwell, they said.

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