Jonathan L. Davis, P.C.

Notable transactions since joining Kirkland, include: 

• Bristol-Myers Squibb in its pending $90 billion acquisition of Celgene

• Colfax Corporation in its $3.2 billion acquisition of DJO Global

• General Motors in its $2.8 billion investment from Honda in GM Cruise Holdings LLC, GM’s autonomous vehicle (AV) business, at a $14.6 billion valuation

• Amcor Ltd. in its pending $6.8 billion acquisition of Bemis Co.

• Fortive Corporation in its $2 billion acquisition of Accruent

• General Motors in its $2.25 billion investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund in GM Cruise Holdings LLC, GM’s autonomous vehicle (AV) business, at a $11.5 billion valuation

• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Spectrum Brands in connection with the $10 billion merger of Spectrum Brands and HRG Group

• Spectrum Brands in its pending $2 billion carve-out sale of its global consumer battery business to Energizer

• Pamplona Capital Management in its $5 billion acquisition of PAREXEL International

• Mead Johnson Nutrition in its $17.9 billion sale to Reckitt Benckiser Group plc.

• Fortive Corporation in its $770 million acquisition of Landauer

Notable transactions prior to joining Kirkland, include:

• Alliant Techsystems in the spin‑off of its Sporting Group to its shareholders and merger of its Aerospace and Defense Groups with Orbital Sciences through a tax‑free Morris Trust merger of equals, and its $985 million acquisition of Bushnell Group

• Allied World Assurance in several transactions including its acquisition of a minority interest in and strategic partnership with Blue Vista Capital Management, its acquisition of a minority interest in and strategic partnership with MatlinPatterson, and its acquisition of a minority interest in and strategic partnership with Crescent Capital

• Anheuser‑Busch InBev in its $123 billion acquisition of SABMiller, the $12 billion sale of SABMiller’s U.S. and global Miller branded businesses to Molson Coors and an asset swap with Ambev in which AB InBev will transfer SABMiller’s Panamanian business to Ambev and Ambev will transfer its business in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador to AB InBev

• Avon in the sale of 80% of its North America business to Cerberus Capital Management and in the PIPE investment by Cerberus in Avon’s international business

• Blount International in the sale of its forestry division to Caterpillar and its acquisition of Carlton Holdings

• Delhaize Group in its $29 billion merger of equals with Royal Ahold

• Deutsche Boerse in its proposed $10 billion merger of equals with NYSE Euronext and in connection with the competing offer from NASDAQ OMX and Intercontinental Exchange

• H.J. Heinz Company in its $60 billion merger with Kraft Foods Group to create The Kraft Heinz Company

• Honeywell in its $90 billion proposal to acquire United Technologies

• IBM in its acquisitions of Bluewolf, Resource/Ammirati, Cleversafe, Meteorix and Explorys

• The special committee of the board of directors of J.Crew in its $3 billion leveraged buyout by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners

• The independent directors of JDA Software Group in the $2 billion leveraged buyout of JDA by affiliates of New Mountain Capital

• Jones Group in its $2.2 billion sale to Sycamore Partners

• The independent directors of Par Pharmaceuticals in the $2 billion leveraged buyout of Par by TPG

• Pentair in its $10 billion inversion/Reverse Morris Trust merger with Tyco

• Pilgrim’s Pride in its $7.7 billion offer to acquire Hillshire Brands and in connection with a competing offer to acquire Hillshire made by Tyson Foods

• Pinnacle Foods in its $975 million acquisition of Boulder Brands

• Scientific Games in its $5.1 billion acquisition of Bally Technologies

• Stanley Black & Decker in its $1.95 billion acquisition of the Tools business of Newell Brands

• Unilever in the $605 million sale of its Lawry’s and Adolph’s branded spices, seasonings and marinades business in the U.S. and Canada to McCormick and Co.

• VeraSun Energy in its $1.5 billion merger with US BioEnergy Corporation

• Vista Outdoor in its acquisition of Camp Chef

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