Katie Drummonds

Since joining Kirkland:

• WellCare Health Plans in its pending $17.3 billion acquisition by Centene Corporation
• Bain Capital Private Equity in its pending acquisition of the home healthcare division of Maxim Healthcare Services by portfolio company Aveanna Healthcare
• Nexstar Media Group in its pending acquisition of Tribune Media Co. valued at $6.4B
• In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litig.: Representing Nexstar Media Group in a putative class action alleging that certain media companies conspired to fix the prices of local television advertising
• Sycamore Partners and Staples, Inc. in its $996 million acquisition of office supply wholesaler Essendant, Inc. The FTC cleared the transaction, subject to a firewall consent, following issuance of a Second Request
• Bain Capital Private Equity in its sale of BMC Software, Inc. to KKR & Co. for $8.3B
• Centerbridge Partners in its $1B sale of Industrial Container Services to Stone Canyon Industries
• Boeing Corporation in its $4.25B acquisition of aerospace parts distributor KLX, INc.
• WellCare Health Plans in its $2.5B acquisition of Meridian Health Plans
• Bain Capital Private Equity in its combination of Superion, TriTech, and Aptean’s public sector and healthcare software business in partnership with Vista Private Equity

Prior to joining Kirkland:

• Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its acquisition of cystic fibrosis drug, CTP-656 from Concert Pharmaceuticals for up to $250 million
• US v. Anthem: Represented Anthem, Inc. in its defense at trial of its attempted US$54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corporation

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