Weil is advising Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and its portfolio company Trivium Packaging B.V. in connection with Trivium’s proposed $3.4 billion acquisition by Silgan Holdings Inc. and funds affiliated with American Industrial Partners that will combine Trivium with Silgan’s Metal Containers segment and Food and Beverage Flat Cap Closures businesses.

The combination will create Silgan Metal Containers and Closures, a diversified global metal packaging business with an enterprise value of approximately $7.3 billion. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2027, subject to regulatory approvals, applicable works council consultation processes and other customary closing conditions.

The Weil team includes Private Equity Co-Head Peter Feist and associates Caitlin Haefner, Zane Elsisi, Jasmine Rivera and Thandi Mallowah; Antitrust partners Megan Granger, Neil Rigby and Jeff White and included associates Daniel Baquet, Kathryn Buggs and Nya Gavin; Banking & Finance Co-Head Andrew Colao and partners Anne Seymour and Andrew Hagan, counsel Maxim Frolov and associates Danielle Cepelewicz and Thomas Heilborn; Capital Markets partner Michael Stein and counsel Michael Cremers; Executive Compensation & Benefits partner Jack Stratton; Tax partners Jason Vollbracht and associates Nate Gross, Josh Schonfeld, Enda Kerin and Josephine Papotto (Not Yet Admitted in New York); Employment partner Peter Mee and associates Paige Mickel and Colin Cox; Technology & IP Transactions partner Dennis Adams, counsel Maryann Thompson and associates Adeline Park, Sabrina Chishti, Harry (Trey) Davis III and Trina Sultan; Privacy & Cybersecurity Head Olivia Greer; Regulatory Transactions partners Seth Kerschner and Antonia Tzinova and associate Graham McHenry; and Real Estate attorney Leslie Smith and associate Ilana Bier.