Consumer | Mizuho Americas

Our Consumer & Retail Group offers innovative financing solutions and strategic advice to leading companies across the Consumer industry. Our team of specialists provides clients with deeply informed and insightful guidance tailored to their objectives.

Working in tandem with our firm's product specialists, we craft solutions for clients in four core segments: Food & Beverage, Retail & Apparel, Restaurants, Consumer Services & Leisure, and Consumer Goods & Health. Our solutions span an array of client needs from debt and equity issuance, balance-sheet optimization and recapitalizations to strategic alternatives and acquisition financing.

Creative financing for consumer-facing enterprises

Mizuho has helped structure and finance some of the largest recent M&A transactions in the consumer sector. We also have extensive expertise in cross-border acquisition finance, leveraged finance, and financing trade in agricultural commodities.

Notable Transactions

Financial Advisor on Tate & Lyle’s $1.8 billion acquisition of CP Kelco from J.M. Huber Corporation
Financial Advisor on Danone’s acquisition of Functional Formularies from Swander Pace Capital
Financial Advisor, Joint Bookrunner and Joint Lead Arranger on Roark Capital Group’s acquisition of Subway and related LBO and Whole Business Securitization financing
Bookrunner on Life Time Group’s inaugural follow-on offering of 12 million shares of common stock
Active Bookrunner and Billing & Delivery Agent on Keurig Dr Pepper’s $3 billion senior unsecured notes offering
Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner and Agent on a $12.6 billion senior unsecured bridge loan, $3.0 billion senior unsecured term loan and $1.7 billion senior unsecured term loan, in connection with Kroger’s proposed $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons
Financial Advisor on Brown-Forman’s sale of Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards to The Duckhorn Portfolio for ~$400 million