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CDPQ and KKR Complete $4.3 Billion Acquisition of USI Insurance Services
- Client News
- May 16, 2017
Paul, Weiss represented Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) in its $4.3 billion joint acquisition, with KKR, of USI Insurance Services (USI) from Onex Corporation. Under the terms of the previously announced deal, CDPQ and KKR now hold equal stakes in USI, a leading U.S. insurance brokerage and consulting firm.
The Paul, Weiss team included, among others, corporate partners Adam Givertz and Ted Maynard and counsel Philip Heimowitz, Marta Kelly, Andrea Quek and Jyoti Sharma; tax partner Scott Sontag; litigation counsel Peter Jaffe; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.