Zhi Tong Cai Jing·2025-03-21 12:26Core Insights - Goldman Sachs (GS.US) and Citigroup (C.US) have initiated a €7.45 billion (approximately $8.1 billion) debt issuance to finance Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R)'s acquisition of Sanofi (SNY.US) subsidiary Opella [1][2] - The debt issuance consists of €5.45 billion in euro and dollar leveraged loans and €2 billion in bonds, with an additional €1.2 billion revolving credit facility, bringing the total financing to €8.65 billion [1] Group 1 - The global coordinators for this financing include Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, HSBC, and Société Générale [1] - The pricing for the euro portion is set at 350 basis points over Euribor, while the dollar portion is priced at 325 basis points over SOFR [1] Group 2 - CD&R's acquisition of Opella, valued at approximately €15 billion, is one of the largest transactions in Europe last year, highlighting the banks' eagerness to fund leveraged buyouts, which are among the most profitable deals in the financial sector [2] - The current economic uncertainty caused by President Trump's trade war has led many European and American companies to pause their plans to enter the higher-risk loan market [2]