Peter C. Fritz

Since joining Kirkland, Peter has been involved in the following matters:

• Constellation Brands in connection with its stock declassification by its controlling stockholder.
• Victoria’s Secret in its acquisition of Adore Me.
• Paya in its $1.3 billion sale to Nuvei.
• NAVER Corporation in a number of matters including:
  • its $1.2 billion acquisition of Poshmark.
  • its $600 million acquisition of Wattpad.
• Datto in its $6.2 billion sale to Kaseya.
• McDonald’s in its sale of Dynamic Yield to Mastercard.
• Sard Verbinnen & Co in its merger with Finsbury Glover Hering.
• Grubhub in its $7.3 billion sale to Just Eat Takeaway.com.
• Home Point Capital in its $324 million sale to Mr. Cooper Group.
• Stone Point Capital in a number of transactions including:
  • its $2 billion acquisition of Tivity Health.
  • its $6 billion acquisition of CoreLogic.
  • its investment in Lincoln Property Company Commercial.
  • CoreLogic’s acquisition of ClosingCorp.
• Eli Lilly and Company on its acquisition of Versanis Bio for up to $1.925 billion.
• Banyan Acquisition Corporation in its $520 million business combination with Pinstripes, Inc.
• Investment group including Caledonia in the acquisition of a 34.9% ownership stake in Scientific Games Corporation from MacAndrews & Forbes.
• Pioneer, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Acorns.
• Carvana Co. in its exclusive partnership and strategic equity investment in Root, Inc.
• Nordic Capital in its investment in United Veterinary Care.
• Grede in its acquisition of Neenah Enterprises, Inc.’s (“NEI”) commercial vehicle business, select portions of its industrial casting business and the Advanced Cast Products (ACP) business.
• Katerra Inc. in corporate aspects of its out-of-court restructuring and recapitalization.
• Clearwater Analytics in its new investment from Permira, Warburg Pincus and Durable Capital, with Welsh Carson remaining a majority stockholder.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Peter was involved in the following matters:

• Craft Brew Alliance in its $320 million sale to AB InBev.
• Allergan plc in its $83 billion acquisition by AbbVie Inc.
• AV Homes, Inc. in its $963 million sale to Taylor Morrison Home Corporation.
• Newmont Mining Corporation in its $10 billion stock-for-stock acquisition of Goldcorp Inc.
• Newmont Mining in its response to the $18 billion unsolicited proposal for all of its common shares by Barrick Gold.
• Quality Care Properties in its $3.9 billion acquisition by Welltower.
• Chicago Bridge & Iron in its $6 billion merger of equals with McDermott International.
• Dorian LPG in its response to the $1.1 billion unsolicited proposal for all its outstanding common shares and associated proxy contest by BW LPG.
• AbbVie Inc. in its $7.5 billion modified Dutch auction tender offer to repurchase its common stock.
• M&T Bank Corporation in its $400 million fixed-rate reset preferred stock offering.
• Edgewell Personal Care in its proposed $1.37 billion cash and stock acquisition of Harry’s, Inc.

Analyst and Associate, Goldman Sachs, 2008–2013

Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 2017–2020