Chelsea N. Darnell

Prior to and since joining Kirkland, notable representations include the following:

• KKR in its $1.6 billion acquisition of CIRCOR International
• Eli Lilly in its $2.4 billion acquisition of Dice Therapeutics
• KKR in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Chase Corporation
• Controlling stockholder of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE), Vincent McMahon, in $21+ billion merger of WWE and UFC to form a global live sports and entertainment company
• Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, the Majority Shareholder of Webhelp, in the combination of Webhelp with Concentrix in a $4.8 billion transaction
• Cvent in its $4.6 billion sale to Blackstone
• Keysight in its acquisition of Cliosoft
• Francisco Partners in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Sumo Logic
• Vista Equity Partners in its $2.6 billion acquisition of Duck Creek Technologies
• Vista Equity Partners in its $4.6 billion acquisition of KnowBe4
• Ping Identity in its $2.8 billion sale to Thoma Bravo
• Datto in its $6.2 billion sale to Kaseya
• Turn/River Capital in its $570 million acquisition of Tufin
• Vista Equity Partners, alongside an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, in its $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix Systems
• McDonald’s in its sale of McDTech Labs to IBM
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR in their $5.3 billion joint acquisition of Cloudera
• Accenture in its $1+ billion acquisition of Novetta, Inc., its largest-ever acquisition
• Jazz Pharmaceuticals in its $7.2 billion acquisition of GW Pharmaceuticals*
• Expedia Group in its $1.2 billion private placement of preferred stock and warrants to investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Silver Lake*
• Publicis Groupe S.A. in its $4.4 billion acquisition of Alliance Data Systems’ Epsilon business*
• Global Payments in its $45 billion merger of equals with Total System Services*
• Mondelēz International in its acquisition of Tate’s Bake Shop*
• Chicago Bridge & Iron in its $6 billion merger of equals with McDermott International*
• United Technologies in the $1 billion sale of its Taylor Company business to The Middleby Corporation*
• Hologic in its $1.65 billion acquisition of Cynosure, and its subsequent disposition of Cynosure*
• CenturyLink in its acquisition of Level 3 Communications in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $34 billion*
• Airgas $13.4 billion acquisition by Air Liquide S.A.*
• United Technologies in its $9 billion sale of Sikorsky Aircraft to Lockheed Martin*
• XPO Logistics in its acquisition of Norbert Dentressangle S.A. for €3.24 billion and its subsequent acquisition of all shares in XPO Logistics Europe owned by Elliott Capital Advisors*
• XPO Logistics in its $3 billion acquisition of Con-way*
• Warburg Pincus and The Carlyle Group in their acquisition of DBRS Holdings Limited and subsuequent sale of DBRS to Morningstar*
• Warburg Pincus in its $125 million investment in preferred equity of LendingPoint*
• Warburg Pincus in its acquisition of a majority stake in Kest a Financial*
• Warburg Pincus in its acquisition of Petplan*

*Prior to joining Kirkland