Dan Guerin is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on complex business transactions, including structuring and negotiating strategic and leveraged acquisitions and divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and growth equity investments, equity and debt financings, recapitalizations and restructurings, executive compensation and incentive equity matters, and general corporate counseling and compliance.
Experience
Representative Matters
Dan’s principal clients include GTCR, Audax, Linden Capital Partners, KKR, Varsity Healthcare Partners, Lorient Capital, The Sterling Group and others. He has also served as lead counsel in the representation of numerous portfolio companies of private equity funds.
Linden and its portfolio companies in various matters, including the following completed transactions:
acquisition of Aptitude Health
acquisition of Aspirion
acquisition of Avalign Technologies
acquisition of BioIVT
acquisition of Evolution Research Group
acquisition of Formulated solutions
acquisition of HOPCo
investment in IVX Health
acquisition of LifeStyles
acquisition of MeriCal
acquisition of Pinnacle Treatment Centers
acquisition of Regenity Biosciences
acquisition of RQM+
acquisition of Sage Dental
acquisition and subsequent recapitalization of Smile Doctors
acquisition of Specialty Networks
acquisition of StatLab Medical Products
acquisition of VitalCare Infusion Services
acquisition and subsequent sale of ProPharma Group
acquisition and subsequent sale of Flexan
sale of CORPAK MedSystems
sale of SeraCare
acquisition and subsequent sale of Solara Medical Supplies
sale of Spear Education
GTCR and its portfolio companies in various matters, including the following completed transactions:
acquisition of Curia
acquisition of Senske Services
acquisition of Allspring
acquisition of Consumer Cellular
acquisition, several add-on acquisitions and subsequent IPO of Maravai LifeSciences
recapitalization of Park Place Technologies
acquisition and subsequent recapitalization of Lytx
several add-on acquisitions for RevSpring
acquisition and subsequent sale of Fairway Outdoor Advertising
acquisition and subsequent sale of Opus Global
sale of Avention
sale of IQNavigator
sale of The Townsend Group
KKR and its portfolio companies in various matters, including several matters for BrightSpring Health Services
Varsity Healthcare Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including several matters for Ventra Health, Emergency Care Partners, and Gastro Care Partners
The Sterling Group in its acquisition of PowerGrid Services and subsequent sale to Apollo Hybrid Funds
Prior Experience
PILI Fellow, Business Law Center Clinic, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2010
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2009
Legal Intern, Reyes Holdings, L.L.C., 2008
Consultant, Accenture, 2004–2007
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Memberships & Affiliations
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation, Board of Directors
Teach For America Chicago-Northwest Indiana, Leadership Circle
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2010Illinois
Education
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.cum laude2010
Northwestern University Kellogg School of ManagementM.B.A., Finance2010
University of Notre DameB.S., Chemical Engineeringcum laude2004
