Ravi Agarwal, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, Ravi has been involved in the following representations:

Private Equity Highlights

• Butterfly Equity:
  • in its $1.95 billion take-private acquisition of The Duckhorn Portfolio (NYSE: NAPA)
  • with respect to co-investment matters in connection with its acquisition of Rise Baking with Platinum Equity
  • in its investment in and subsequent sale of MaryRuth Organics
  • in its acquisition of Bolthouse Farms, Bolthouse Farms’ add-on acquisition of Evolution Fresh and subsequent separation into two separate standalone entities, Bolthouse Fresh Foods and Generous Brands
  • in its acquisition of Actus Nutrition from American Securities
  • in its acquisition of Chosen Foods
  • in its acquisition of a majority stake in Orgain and subsequent sale to Nestlé
  • in its investment in Qdoba, Lemonade Restaurant Group and Modern Market Eatery
  • acquisition of Pacifico Aquaculture
  • acquisition of Pete and Gerry’s Organics and add-on acquisition of Farmers Hen House
• BayPine:
  • in its acquisition of CenExel Clinical Research
  • in the acquisition of POLYWOOD from Mayfair Capital Partners alongside Arsenal Capital Partners
  • in its acquisition of Mavis Tire Express Services in partnership with TSG Consumer Partners and existing significant equity-holder West First Management and Mavis Tires’ acquisition of 595 Tire Kingdom and NTB-branded retail tire and automotive centers from TBC Corp.
  • in its acquisition of Pinnacle Dermatology and subsequent acquisition of QualDerm
  • in its acquisition of Penn Foster with Two Sigma Impact and Penn Foster’s subsequent acquisition of Carrus
• KKR:
  • in its acquisition of Cardenas Markets and subsequent sale to Apollo
  • in its sale of Calabrio to Thoma Bravo
  • in its acquisition of Corel Corp. and subsequent acquisition of Ad Remover
  • in its acquisition of PlayOn! Sports
  • in the $22 billion merger of Fiserv and First Data Corp.
  • in its investment in UFC and subsequent sale of its stake in UFC
• Stone Point Capital:
  • in its investment in Keller Williams
  • in its $324 million sale of Home Point Capital (Nasdaq: HMPT) to Mr. Cooper Group (Nasdaq: COOP)
  • in its investment in Lincoln Property Company
  • in its $2 billion acquisition of Tivity Health
  • in its $6 billion acquisition of CoreLogic
  • in Vervent’s acquisition of Total Card Solutions
• New Mountain Capital:
  • in the sale of ACA Compliance Group Holdings to Starr Investment Holdings
  • in its partnership with Legends Hospitality
  • in its acquisition of Advance Health (now Signify Health)
• Sycamore Partners in its $3 billion acquisition of Belk
• Vista Equity Partners in its sale of a minority interest to Dyal Capital

Strategic M&A Highlights

• Accenture:
  • in its acquisition of Meredith Xcelerated Marketing (MXM)
  • in its acquisition of the corporate advisory and aviation consulting businesses of Seabury Group
  • in its joint venture with Apax Partners relating to the carve out of Accenture’s Duck Creek Technologies
  • in its acquisition of Cloud Sherpas
  • in its $830 million carve-out sale of Navitaire to Amadeus S.A.
• Berkeley Research Group (BRG) on a majority equity investment by TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P.
• BETA Technologies in its $318 million Series C investment from a consortium led by QIA
• Celanese Corporation in its joint venture with Blackstone to create a global acetate tow supplier
• Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp. in its $5.2 billion combination with Advantage Solutions
• Ingersoll Rand:
  
  • in its $2.325 billion acquisition of ILC Dover from New Mountain Capital
  • in its $300 million sale of a majority interest in its high pressure solutions segment to American Industrial Partners
• Nexstar Media Group:
  • in its acquisition, alongside Mission Broadcasting, of the CW (US) affiliate WPIX television station in New York City from The E.W. Scripps Company
  • in its purchase and sale agreements with Fox Television Stations
  • in its $1.3 billion sale of nineteen stations in fifteen markets to TEGNA and The E.W. Scripps Company
  • in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co., creating the largest local television broadcaster and local media company

Other representative matters prior to joining Kirkland:

• Apax Partners in its $3 billion sale of Tommy Hilfiger
• MultiPlan, Inc. in its sale to Starr Investment Holdings and Partners Group
• KKR, Silver Lake and TCV in partnership with Go Daddy
• Fyffes plc in its announced combination with Chiquita Banana
• The Mosaic Company in estimated $7 billion joint venture in Saudi Arabia
• Weight Watchers International in its $1.5 billion modified Dutch auction tender offer and share repurchase
• Blackstone Group in its $2.7 billion acquisition of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, 2009–2014