Kirkland, Skadden Aid $8.4 Billion Amcor-Berry Global Agreement

Nov. 19, 2024, 3:50 PM UTC

Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom steered the approximately $8.4 billion planned combination of packaging makers Amcor Plc and Berry Global Group Inc.

Shareholders of Evansville, Indiana-based Berry for each of their shares will receive 7.25 shares of Zurich-based Amcor in the anticipated all-stock transaction, the companies’ statement said.

Kirkland guided Amcor with a team that included corporate partners Jonathan Davis, Carlo Zenkner, Andrew Norwich and Eric Schiele.

Kirkland’s team also included capital markets lawyers Sophia Hudson and Katherine Shaia; debt finance lawyers Rachael Lichman and Brittany Taylor; antitrust lawyers Andrea Murino and Jack Coles; executive ...

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