J. Todd Garcia

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

• Amcor (NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC) in its $37 billion merger with Berry Global Group (NYSE: BERY), a provider of packaging solutions
• BAE Systems in its $5.55 billion acquisition of Ball Corp.’s defense and commercial space unit Ball Aerospace
• Black Bay Energy Capital-backed Piñon Midstream, a provider of natural gas gathering and treating services, in its $950 million sale to Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD)
• Brightstar Capital Partners-backed Astrion in its acquisition of Axient, a provider of specialized engineering services including multidomain test and analysis, mission engineering and operations, from Sagewind Capital
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in:
  
  • its $2.3 billion acquisition of Veritiv Corp (NYSE: VRTV), a distributor of packaging, facility solutions and print products
  • its pending $10.3 billion acquisition of Sealed Air Corp. (NYSE: SEE), a provider of food and protective packaging solutions
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice-backed Veritiv Corporation in its acquisition of Orora Packaging Solutions
• Constellation Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: CEG) in:
  
  • its pending $5 billion sale of a portfolio of generation assets in PJM to LS Power
  • its $26.6 billion acquisition of Calpine, a generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources
• Daseke (Nasdaq: DSKE), a transportation solutions specialist, in its $1.1 billion sale to TFI International (NYSE and TSX: TFII)
• EIG-backed Maverick Natural Resources, a provider of natural oil and gas, in $1.275 billion sale to Diversified Energy (LSE: DEC, NYSE: DEC)
• EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT) in:
  
  • its $5.2 billion acquisition from THQ Appalachia I, LLC and THQ-XcL Holdings I, LLC (affiliates of Quantum Energy Partners and Tug Hill Operating) of their direct and indirect upstream and midstream subsidiaries and associated oil and gas assets, properties and gathering systems in the Appalachian Basin
  • its $35 billion merger with Equitrans Midstream Corp. (NYSE: ETRN) to create a vertically integrated natural gas business
• Consortium of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and EQT in its $33.4 billion acquisition of AES
• GTCR and Golden Gate Capital-backed Antylia Scientific in its $2.9 billion sale of its Masterflex business unit, a manufacturer of peristaltic pumps and aseptic single-use fluid transfer technologies, to Avantor (NYSE: AVTR)
• H.I.G. Growth and Snowhawk-backed ProsperOps, a provider of a cloud cost optimization automation platform, in its sale to Flexera
• Metromile (Nasdaq: MILE), a data science company focused on auto insurance, in its $500 million sale to Lemonade (NYSE: LMND)

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

• Metal manufacturer in DOJ antitrust investigation, litigation and arbitration
• Library software developer in FTC investigation of consummated acquisition
• International pharmaceutical manufacturer in acquisition of public oncologic manufacturer
• Antifraud solution provider in acquisition by public credit monitoring bureau
• Pharmacy benefit manager in multi-billion dollar contract dispute

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, 2019–2021

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, 2016–2019