Pratik Ranjan Das
Overview
Pratik Ranjan Das is a capital markets associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Pratik advises and represents a broad range of companies and private equity sponsors on the full range of capital markets transactions, corporate governance matters and complex securities law issues. He represents issuers and sponsors in capital-raising transactions through public and private equity and debt offerings, including initial public offerings, follow-on equity offering, preferred stock issuances, high-yield and investment grade debt transactions, SPAC transactions, PIPE investments and tender and exchange offers. He also counsels U.S. and international companies with respect to corporate and securities law matters, including corporate governance and SEC, NYSE and NASDAQ disclosure, reporting and compliance obligations, and restructuring and liability management transactions. He also advices on public mergers and acquisitions transactions, including leveraged buyouts, and stock and asset purchases and dispositions.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Pratik worked as a corporate attorney focusing in capital markets in India for two years. He has worked on a range of equity and debt transactions including global public offerings, private placements and investment-grade debt offerings by banks, non-banking financial corporations and companies across a variety of industries.
Experience
Representative Matters
Equity Offerings
- ITG, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITG) and Oaktree Capital Management, in ITG, Inc’s initial public offering
- Ares Management Corporation in its $100 million preferred stock investment in Vinci Partners Investments Ltd. (Nasdaq: VINP)
- Goldman Sachs and Baird, in Ranpak Holdings Corp.’s (NYSE: PACK) secondary offering of $105 million of Ranpak’s common stock
- OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: OSW) and L Catterton, in a secondary offering of $76.6 million of OSW’s common shares
- Option Care Health (NYSE: OPCH) and Madison Dearborn Partners in over $1 billion of primary and secondary offerings of Option Care Health’s common stock
- Alight Inc. (NYSE: ALIT) and Blackstone in a secondary offering of approximately $180 million of Alight Inc.’s common stock
- viagogo in its issuance of $365 million of senior preferred stock
High Yield and Investment Grade Debt Offerings
- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) in its $3.5 billion registered investment grade notes offering in connection with its business combination with Becton, Dickinson’s (NYSE: BDX) Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions business
- CoreWeave (Nasdaq: CRWV) in its $1.75 billion offering of 9.00% senior notes due 2031
- CoreWeave (Nasdaq: CRWV) in its $2.00 billion offering of 9.25% senior notes due 2030
- Amcor plc (NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC) in its approximately $2.2 billion three-tranche investment grade notes offering in connection with its acquisition of Berry Global Group Inc. (NYSE: BERY)
- Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAR) in approximately €1.2 billion of EUR-denominated senior notes offerings
- Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAR) in approximately $1.2 billion of USD-denominated senior notes offering
- Builders FirstSource, Inc. (NYSE: BLDR), in its $300 million add-on senior notes offering
- Staples, Inc. in its $100 million add-on senior secured notes offering
- Greenbriar Equity Group in a $500 million senior notes offering to finance its strategic partnership with AIT Worldwide Logistics
- Clearlake Capital Partners in a $400 million senior notes offering to finance it’s acquisition of PrimeSource
- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) in a four-tranche investment grade notes offering worth over $2 billion and including Eli Lilly’s inaugural “Sustainability Bonds” as well as the corresponding tender offer
- Imperial Dade, a portfolio company of Bain Capital, in its $660 million senior notes offering
- Restaurant Brands International Inc. (Burger King) in approximately $1.5 billion of senior secured notes offerings
- Stone Point Capital in its $6 billion acquisition of CoreLogic, including CoreLogic’s $750 million senior secured notes offering
Liability Management Transactions
- WeWork Inc. (NYSE: WE) and its subsidiaries in a comprehensive restructuring of its capital structure through a series of transactions with an ad hoc group of noteholders representing more than 60% of the company’s public notes, a third-party investor and affiliates of SoftBank Group Corp.
- Alkegen, a Clearlake portfolio company, in a comprehensive refinancing transaction including a new $1,925 million first-lien term loan and first-lien senior secured notes and a new $200 million first-out revolving credit facility to refinance in full Alkegen’s existing debt, and an exchange of secured and unsecured notes for new second lien notes
- Radiology Partners, Inc. and certain of its affiliates in a series of liability management transactions, including (i) the replacement of its existing revolver due 2024 with a new revolver due 2028 (including a portion converted to a “first out” revolver), (ii) an uptier exchange by the lenders under its existing first lien term loans due 2025 for new first lien term loans due 2029 and a partial prepayment, (iii) an uptier exchange by the holders of its secured notes due 2025 for new first lien secured notes due 2029 and a partial prepayment, (iv) an uptier exchange by the holders of its unsecured notes due 2028 for new second lien secured notes due 2030, and (v) a new equity capital raise
- The Lycra Company and its subsidiaries in connection with a comprehensive debt refinancing, including a refinancing of its existing senior secured notes and associated transactions
- The Lycra Company and its subsidiaries in a comprehensive settlement of its existing debt, including simultaneous consent solicitations in connection with substantial amendments to its existing euro- and dollar-denominated senior secured notes and associated transactions
- Amcor plc (NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC) in a consent solicitation for five series of notes of Berry Global Group Inc. (NYSE: BERY) in connection with Amcor’s acquisition of Berry Global Group Inc.
- Wheel Pros and Clearlake Capital in a comprehensive liability management transaction, including the exchange of approximately $272 million of Wheel Pros’ unsecured notes for new second lien notes and a corresponding covenant strip consent procedure
- Modivcare, Inc. in a comprehensive liability management transaction, including a $75 million first-lien incremental term loan, the issuance of $30 million of new second lien notes, the exchange of approximately $270 million of existing unsecured notes for new second lien notes and a corresponding covenant strip consent procedure
Tender and Exchange Offers
- Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE: M), in a $220 million cash tender offer with respect to nine outstanding series of senior notes
- Staples, Inc. and Sycamore Partners, in a comprehensive debt refinancing involving the issuance of $2.4 billion in new senior secured notes and an uptier exchange offer and simultaneous private exchange of approximately $950 million of its existing senior notes
- American Bath Group and Centerbridge Partners, in a comprehensive debt refinancing involving the issuance of $500 million in new first lien notes and an uptier exchange offer and simultaneous private exchange of approximately $520 million of its existing senior notes
- PrimeSource and Clearlake Capital, in a comprehensive debt refinancing involving the issuance of $800 million in new first lien notes and an uptier exchange offer of approximately $640 million of its existing senior notes
- Anywhere Real Estate (NYSE: HOUS) in an uptier exchange offer and simultaneous private exchange of approximately $800 million of its existing senior notes
- Automotores Gildemeister and Elliot Management, in an exchange offer with respect to its existing senior secured and subordinated notes
- CFG Investments S.A.C. in a tender offer to repurchase over $32 million of its first lien senior secured notes and second lien senior secured notes
Chapter 11 Proceedings
- WeWork Inc. and certain of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in connection with the exchange of approximately $3 billion of WeWork’s funded debt for post-emergence equity and cash as well as associated corporate governance and securities matters
- Invitae Corporation certain of its affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in connection with its go-forward sale process and corresponding paydown of approximately $1.5 billion in funded debt obligations
- Avaya Holdings Corp. and certain of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in connection with corporate governance and securities matters
- Wheel Pros, LLC and certain of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in connection with securities matters
Public Company Mergers, Reorganizations and Special Purpose Acquisition Company Transactions
- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) in its $39 billion Reverse Morris Trust combination with Becton, Dickinson’s (NYSE: BDX) Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions business
- Amcor plc (NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC) in connection with its $37 billion business combination with of Berry Global Group Inc (NYSE: BERY)
- CRH plc (NYSE: CRH) in its pending $8.5 billion acquisition of Arcosa, Inc. (NYSE: ACA)
- Centerbridge Partners in its $2 billion acquisition of MeridianLink, Inc. (NYSE: MLNK)
- KORE Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KORE) in its $1 billion business combination with Cerberus Telecom Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
- Ferguson Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: FERG), formerly Ferguson plc, in transactions to redomicile its ultimate parent company from the Bailiwick of Jersey to the United States
- Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: YAC), a special purpose acquisition company in its $3.2 billion business combination with SIGNA Sports United
- Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: TWNT), a special purpose acquisition company focused on the technology and direct-to-consumer sectors, in its $300 million initial public offering
- Tailwind International Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: TWNI), a special purpose acquisition company focused on the technology and direct-to-consumer sectors in Europe, in connection with its $300 million initial public offering
SEC Compliance, Disclosure and Corporate Governance
- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT)
- Pegasystems Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGA)
- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY)
- Option Care Health (NYSE: OPCH)
Prior Experience
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2021, New York
- 2018, Maharashtra & Goa, India
Languages
- English
- Bengali
- Hindi
Education
- Columbia Law SchoolLL.M.2020James Kent Scholar
- The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, IndiaB.A.; LL.B.Hons2017D. S. Chimni Gold Medalist