Michael S. Amalfe

Since joining Kirkland, Michael has been involved in the following matters:

• The Jordan Company in its acquisition of LegitScript.
• BC Partners in connection with its acquisition of Madison Logic.
• Altaris on the combination of two of its operating companies, Kindeva Drug Delivery and Meridian Medical Technologies, and the financing of the combined company.
• Investindustrial in its acquisition of significant portions of the meal preparation business of TreeHouse Foods for $950 million.
• Investindustrial on the U.S. aspects of its pending investment in Eataly.
• The Jordan Company in connection with its investment in Flywheel Software.
• EQT and its portfolio company Recipharm, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (“CDMO”), on the acquisition of Vibalogics, a virotherapy CDMO and Arranta Bio, a prominent advanced therapy CDMO.
• Hg Capital in the recapitalization of Lyniate.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Michael was involved in the following matters:

• Intrawest Resorts Holdings in connection with its $1.5 billion take private acquisition by Aspen Skiing Co. and KSL Capital Partners.
• Veritas Capital in connection with its $690 million acquisition of Harris Corp.’s government IT services division.
• Veritas Capital and Peraton Corp., in connection with the acquisition of Solers Inc.
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. in connection with the $1.3 billion sale of its Sands Bethlehem property and casino in Pennsylvania to Wind Creek Hospitality, an affiliate of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama.
• Cava Group in connection with its $300 million take private acquisition of Zoës Kitchen.
• Norwest Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition of Clover Imaging Group from 4L Holdings Group.
• Norwest Equity Partners and Gopher Resources, in connection with the sale of Gopher Resources to Energy Capital Partners.
• Norwest Equity Partners and Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, in connection with the sale of Minnesota Rubber and Plastics to KKR.
• Veritas Capital, Norwest Equity Partners and their respective portfolio companies in connection with various equity financings and co-investments.
• JLL Partners in connection with its acquisition of Jonathan Engineered Solutions.
• Husky Energy Inc. shareholders in connection with Husky’s combination with Cenovus Energy Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at $7 billion.
• SafeAuto Insurance Group, Inc. in connection with its sale to The AllState Corporation.
• Kelso & Company and Juggernaut Capital in connection with their acquisition of a suite of consumer health care products from GlaxoSmithKline, including BreatheRight and Dimetapp.
• Apax Partners, L.P. and ECI Software Solutions in connection with the sale of a majority stake in ECI Software Solutions to Leonard Green & Partners.
• OceanSound Partners in its acquisition of the RMA Group.
• Vectrus, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Zenetex.
• ScottsMiracle-Gro Company on the $234 million sale of its 30 percent stake in the TruGreen joint venture to the majority owner.
• Nasdaq in connection with
  
  • its divestiture of its public relations solutions and digital media services businesses to West Corporation;
  • its acquisition of Boardvantage; and
  • its acquisition of Marketwired
• Fortress Investment Group in connection with its sale of Abercrombie & Kent to Zhonghong Holdings.
• Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. in connection with its $8.4 billion acquisition by Weyerhaeuser Co.

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