Sidley is representing Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its US$7.7 billion take-private acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DNB), a global provider of business decisioning data and analytics. Dun & Bradstreet offers financial reporting insights, tools for business-to-business risk assessments, and data-driven marketing solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Dun & Bradstreet shareholders will receive US$9.15 in cash per share of common stock outstanding.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, subject to requisite shareholder approval, regulatory clearances, and other customary closing conditions.
The Sidley team is being led by Mehdi Khodadad, Mark Castiglia, and Dan Belke (M&A and Private Equity), and includes Avni Mehta, Tommy Tsao, and Daniel Gessner (M&A and Private Equity); Nicholas Schwartz, Julie Ann Rosenberg Lamm, Alena Thomas, Scott Dawson, and Damian Tan (Global Finance); Scott Colwell, Natalie Karam, and Patrick Kwak (Capital Markets); Rachel Kleinberg and Jonathan Westreich (Tax); Stacy Crosnicker and Sarah Recktenwald (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Eric Kauffman, Peter McCorkell, Emily Wajert, and Alex Down (Employment); Ken Daly, Vadim Brusser, Corey Roush, Miriam Carroll Silvestri, Iva Todorova, and trainee Ignacio Montaño Díaz (Antitrust and Competition); Sven De Knop, Jennifer Fernandez, Alessandra Moroni, and Carys Golesworthy (International Trade); Leonard Ng and Arash Dashtgard (Banking and Financial Services); Sara Shouse (Derivatives); Kyle Barnett, Dina Kang, and Sophia Iams (Technology Transactions); and Francesca Blythe, Lauren Kitces, Eleanor Dodding, and Garrett Lance (Privacy and Cybersecurity).
