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
Private M&A / Private Equity Matters
- Patient Square Capital in its acquisition of Summit BHC
- Cerberus Capital Management in its acquisition of Source Code Holdings
- Airxcel, a portfolio company of L Catterton, in is acquisition of Custom Air Products & Services
- L Catterton-led consortium in its acquisition of Truck Hero, Inc.
- Woodstream Corporation, a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, in its sale to Bansk Group
- KKR in its acquisition of Novaria Group from Rosewood Private Investments and Tailwind Advisors
- Sightway Capital in connection with equity investments in Great Rock Capital
- L Catterton in its investment in Dental Corporation of Canada Holdings Inc.
- Sightway Capital in connection with equity investments in Wings Capital Partners
- L Catterton in its acquisition of Leslie’s Holdings, Inc.
- Starwood Capital Group in its sale of BR Guest Hospitality to Landry's
- Sightway Capital in its investment in Capital Automotive Financial
- New Mountain Capital in its investment in Island Medical Management LLC
- ONCAP in its sale of CiCi’s Pizza
- Starwood Capital Group 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
- ZMC its acquisition of Education Networks of America and subsequent add-on acquisition of TeleQuality
- ABRY Partners, LLC in its acquisition of Direct Travel, Inc.
- AIP/Aerospace Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its acquisition of Gemcor II, LLC
- L Catterton in connection with the take private acquisition of Steiner Leisure Limited for an enterprise value of approximately $925 million
- Fortress Investment Group in its acquisition of Seven Networks
- Vestar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Woodstream Corporation
- AIP/Aerospace Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its sale of Composites Horizons LLC to Precision Castparts Corp.
- ABRY Partners in its sale of PRO Unlimited to Investcorp
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its growth equity investment in Revel Systems, Inc.
- iQor Holdings Inc., a HGGC portfolio company, in its multi-national carve-out acquisition of the global aftermarket services business of Jabil Circuit, Inc. for $725 million
- Accenture in its acquisition of Mortgage Cadence LLC, a loan origination software and electronic document management services provider
SPAC M&A Matters
- Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: PFDR), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $537 million business combination with Movella, a fullstack provider of sensors, software, and analytics that enable the digitization of movement
- ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors, in its proposed acquisition of the gene therapy business of Amicus Therapeutics
- Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by HGGC and Industry Ventures, in its proposed $1.4 billion business combination with ServiceMax
- 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
- Tailwind Acquisition Corp. in its proposed $1.4 billion business combination with QOMPLX
- 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
- Panavision in its contemplated business combination with SIM Video International and Saban Capital Acquisition Corp.
- OneSpaWorld, a portfolio company of L Catterton, in its $948 million business combination with Haymaker Acquisition Corp.
Public Company M&A / Capital Markets Matters
- L Catterton in connection with the initial public offering of Dentalcorp Holdings Ltd., a portfolio company of L Catterton, in Canada
- Leslie's, Inc., a portfolio company of L Catterton, in its initial public offering of common stock
- Perceptive Advisors, a shareholder of ArcherDX, in connection with the acquisition by Invitae Corporation of ArcherDX for up to $1.4 billion
- Steiner Leisure Limited, a portfolio company of L Catterton, in connection with its $75 million common equity and warrant investment in OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited
- 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.
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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
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