Slaughter and May advised Chesapeake and its private equity owners, Oaktree Capital Management and Irving Place Capital, on the disposal to the Carlyle Group of the Chesapeake paperboard packaging business, being one of the largest global suppliers of value-added paper-based packaging products and services.

Slaughter and May advised on this cross-border disposal in conjunction with local counsel in Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Scotland and the United States.

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