Date Closed

August 21, 2015

Lead Office

Toronto

Value

12.00 Billion USD

On August 21st, 2015, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board announced that an affiliate of its wholly owned subsidiary, CPPIB Credit Investments Inc. had completed the acquisition from GE Capital of 100% of GE Capital’s sponsor lending portfolio unit , Antares Capital, for a total consideration of US$12 billion.

McCarthy Tétrault advised GE Capital as its Canadian counsel on the transaction with a team consisting of Richard Higa, Barry Ryan, David Woollcombe (Business Law) and Lorraine Allard (Pensions).