Michael P. Considine, P.C.

Michael has represented investors and existing owners in the following teams:

• NFL: Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers
• NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers, Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings and Utah Jazz
• NHL: Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning and Utah Mammoth
• MLB: Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants
• MLS / NWSL / International Football: Atlanta B.C., Bay F.C., Energy F.C., Leeds United Football, Ottawa Rapid F.C., Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals
• Other Teams and Leagues: Aston Martin Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Premier Lacrosse League, Inc. and Unrivaled Basketball

Some additional notable transactions that Michael has been involved with since and prior to joining Kirkland include the following:

• Arctos Partners in its investment in the Buffalo Bills, a professional American football team, acquiring 10% of the team and marking one of the first-ever private equity investments in a National Football League franchise
• Arctos Partners in its minority investment in the Los Angeles Chargers, further expanding its footprint in the NFL with its second investment (representing the third sponsor-led investment in the NFL)
• A private family office in connection with its investment in the Ottawa Rapid FC, a member of the Northern Super League (Canada’s first domestic women’s professional soccer league), in connection with its inaugural 2025 season
• Arctos Partners in partnership with Smith Entertainment Group in the acquisition of the Arizona Coyotes NHL franchise and move to become the Utah Hockey Club
• Unrivaled in the formation of Unrivaled Basketball, the women’s 3x3 basketball league
• Various sports related technology investments, including representing investors in GeoComply Solutions; Oura Ring and Elevate Sports Ventures
• Patron Technology in its acquisition of FISH Technologies, a provider of experiential technology marketing for sports and brands
• Parties in numerous carve-out acquisitions and divestitures for public companies, including heavily tax driven transactions such as Reverse Morris Trust and other spin-off and split-off transactions
• The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) in the divestiture of numerous global brands, including Folgers, Duracell, PGT Healthcare, Coty, Pert and Rochas fragrances*
• Philadelphia Energy Solutions in its restructuring and related sale and redevelopment of 1,300+ acres in downtown Philadelphia, PA
• P10, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Qualitas Equity Funds, a leading European lower-middle market alternative investment solutions provider
• Allegion plc (NYSE: ALLE) in the $900 million acquisition of Stanley Access Technologies, a carveout divestiture from Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK)
• Various sponsors and individuals in connection with the formation of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and actively advising SPACs on potential Business Combination transactions
• Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: FRXB) in its proposed business combination with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc., a leading transportation and technology licensing company focused on realizing the hyperloop
• Mondee, Inc., a technology-first travel company with a portfolio of globally recognized brands in the leisure, retail and corporate travel sectors, in its $1 billion business combination with Ithax Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ITHX), a special purpose acquisition company
• Forest Road Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: FRX) on its definitive three-way merger agreement with The Beachbody Company Group, LLC and Myx Fitness
• Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. and certain subsidiaries, an international marine fuel logistics company, in connection with the corporate and M&A aspects of Aegean’s Chapter 11 cases
• The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) in its acquisition of the worldwide consumer health business of Merck KGaA for €3.375 billion*
• Quest Software’s carve-out disposition of its Statistica analytics software business*
• One Identity’s acquisition of Balabit Corp., a leading provider of privileged access management, privileged account analytics and log management solutions*
• Provista, a subsidiary of Vizient, Inc., in the sale of The Cooperative Purchasing Network Management Company, LLC (TCPN) in the form of a management buyback with the support of TA Associates*
• Pitney Bowes Inc. in the formation of a joint venture with Broadridge Financial Solutions and the launch of a new technology platform named Inlet™*
• Maverick Capital Ltd. as lead investor in the Series A round of rewardStyle, Inc., a platform solution that helps fashion bloggers and other content providers monetize their websites through online retailers*
• Essilor International SA in its $1.7 billion buyout of a 51% interest in Transitions Optical group from joint venture partner PPG Industries*
• Vertafore, a leading provider of cloud-based insurance software and services, in its acquisition of QQ Solutions, Inc., a provider of agency management systems*
• Relativity Media in the sale of all television and television-related assets of Relativity Media, LLC pursuant to a 363 sale in bankruptcy to RM Bidder LLC*
• P&G in the combination of its global over-the-counter pharmaceuticals business with Teva Pharmaceuticals*
• The Babcock & Wilcox Company and BWNE in the formation of the Generation mPowerTM Alliance with Bechtel Corporation*
• General Motors, Verizon Communications Inc. and Motorola Solutions, Inc. in the transfer balance sheet liabilities attributable to outstanding pension obligations to third party insurance companies ($29 billion, $7.5 billion and $4.3 billion, respectively)*
• H&R Block Inc. and its Option One Mortgage Corporation (OOMC) subsidiary in the sale of OOMC’s mortgage loan servicing business to an entity sponsored by the WL Ross & Co. private equity firm for approximately $1.1 billion*
• Yazmi USA, LLC, a company owned by former WorldSpace CEO Noah Samara, in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of WorldSpace, Inc., a satellite radio provider, in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy*

*Prior to joining Kirkland

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