Ryan K. Brissette, P.C.
Overview
Ryan Brissette is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Ryan regularly represents private equity sponsors, private companies and public companies in a wide variety of strategic transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, carve-outs, business combinations involving SPACs, equity financings, joint ventures and other complex strategic transactions. He also counsels clients with respect to general corporate and governance matters.
Experience
Representative Matters
Select Private M&A / Private Equity Matters
- L Catterton:
- in its investment in AmaWaterways
- in its acquisition of Consumer Safety Technology
- in its acquisition of The Master Trades Group and subsequent add-on acquisitions of Acree Plumbing, Air & Electric and Stan’s Home Services
- in its portfolio company Primanti Bros.’ sale to Authentic Restaurant Brand, a portfolio company of Garnett Station Partners
- in its portfolio company Airxcel’s acquisition of Custom Air Products & Services
- L Catterton-led consortium’s acquisition of Real Truck (f/k/a Truck Hero) and subsequent add-on of IDDEA
- in its investment in Dental Corporation of Canada Holdings Inc.
- in its acquisition of Leslie’s Holdings, Inc.
- in its take private acquisition of Steiner Leisure Limited for an enterprise value of approximately $925 million
- 26North Partners in its acquisition of Onelife Fitness
- Cerberus Capital Management in its acquisition of Source Code Holdings and subsequent add-on acquisition of Boston Limited
- Vestar Capital Partners:
- in its portfolio company Edward Don & Company’s sale to Sysco Corporation
- in its acquisition of Woodstream Corporation
- in its portfolio company Woodstream Corporation’s sale to Bansk Group
- its portfolio company, Roland Foods, LLC’s recapitalization
- iQor:
- in its sale to Mill Point Capital
- in its multi-national carve-out acquisition of the global aftermarket services business of Jabil Circuit, Inc. for $725 million
- Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset and tokenization technology, in its sale to Ripple
- Galaxy Digital in its acquisition of the Helios bitcoin mining facility and its related operations from Argo Blockchain plc
- Patient Square Capital:
- in its take private acquisition of Access Telecare (f/k/a SOC Telemed) and subsequent add-on acquisition of Forefront Telecare
- in its acquisition of Summit BHC
- KKR in its acquisition of Novaria Group from Rosewood Private Investments and Tailwind Advisors
- Starwood Capital Group:
- in its sale of BR Guest Hospitality to Landry’s
- in connection with the take private acquisition of Landmark Apartment Trust, a non-traded public REIT, for an enterprise value of approximately $1.9 billion
- Sightway Capital in its investments in Capital Automotive Financial, Wings Capital Partners and Great Rock Capital
- New Mountain Capital in its investment in Island Medical Management LLC
- ONCAP in its sale of CiCi’s Pizza
- ZMC:
- in its portfolio company Education Networks of America’s sale to Zayo Group Holdings
- in its acquisition of Education Networks of America and subsequent add-on acquisition of TeleQuality
- ABRY Partners, LLC:
- in its acquisition of Direct Travel, Inc.
- in its sale of PRO Unlimited to Investcorp
- Fortress Investment Group in its acquisition of Seven Networks
- AIP/Aerospace Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its sale of Composites Horizons LLC to Precision Castparts Corp. and its acquisition of Gemcor II LLC
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its growth equity investment in Revel Systems, Inc.
- Accenture in its acquisition of Mortgage Cadence
Select Public Company M&A / Capital Markets Matters
- Bristol-Myers Squibb in its $90 billion acquisition of Celgene and its related $13.4 billion divesture of Celgene’s OTEZLA® program to Amgen
- The Macerich Company in connection with Simon Property Group's $23.2 billion unsolicited takeover offer and subsequent settlement with two activist investors
- Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its up to $1.5 billion sale to Forest Laboratories, Inc.
- L Catterton:
- in its initial public offering of Dentalcorp Holdings Ltd., a portfolio company of L Catterton, in Canada
- in connection with its portfolio company Steiner Leisure Limited’s $75 million common equity and warrant investment in OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited
- in its portfolio company Leslie’s, Inc.’s initial public offering of common stock
- in its portfolio company OneSpaWorld’s $948 million business combination with Haymaker Acquisition Corp.
- Perceptive Advisors, a shareholder of ArcherDX, in connection with the acquisition by Invitae Corporation of ArcherDX for up to $1.4 billion
- ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors, in its business combination with Adagio Medical
- Montes Archimedes Acquisition Company, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Patient Square Capital, in its $7.3 billion business combination with Roivant Sciences
- Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corporation in its $2.9 billion business combination with DeepGreen Metals
- ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp III, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors, in its $1.3 billion business combination with Nautilus Biotechnologies, Inc.
- ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp II, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors, in its $1.3 billion combination with Cerevel Therapeutics
- ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors, in its business combination with Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
- Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by HGGC, in its $537 million business combination with Movella
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2013New York
Education
- University of North Carolina School of LawJ.D.with High Honors2012
Executive Editor, North Carolina Banking Institute Journal
Order of the Coif
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillB.S., Business Administrationwith Distinction2009
News &
Insights
Kirkland Advises 26North Partners on Acquisition of High Growth Health Club Operator Onelife Fitness