John D. Harkrider, P.C.

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

Transactional

• Qualtrics in its $6.75 billion acquisition of Press Ganey Forsta
• VMware’s $69 billion acquisition by Broadcom
• First Advantage in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Sterling Check Corp
• Dell’s $67 billion acquisition of EMC
• Google:
  • in its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility
  • in its $700 million acquisition of ITA
• Thermo Fisher Scientific:
  • in its $3.1 billion acquisition of Olink Holding
  • in its $13.6 billion acquisition of Life Technologies
  • in its $12.5 billion tender offer for Qiagen
  • in its $9 billion acquisition of Clario Holdings, Inc.
  • in its approximately $4 billion acquisition of Solventum’s Purification & Filtration business
  • in its approximately $1.85 billion acquisition of PeproTech, Inc.
• GTCR:
  • Worldpay in its $24.5 billion acquisition by Global Payments as part of a transformative three-way transaction
  • AssuredPartners in its $13.45 billion acquisition by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
  • Park Place Technologies (owned by GTCR and Charlesbank) in its acquisition by Service Express (owned by Warburg Pincus)
• Charles Bank and Tecomet in its merger with Orchid Orthopedic Solutions
• Berkshire Partners in its parallel acquisitions of Forcura and Medalogix
• Ball Corporation’s $6.85 billion acquisition of Rexam PLC
• Boyd Group Services Inc.’s $1.3 billion acquisition of Joe Hudson’s Collision Center

Sherman Act Litigation

• Stanley Black & Decker with respect to Section One conspiracy claims in the Eastern District of Virginia and Fourth Circuit (SawStop)
• Omnicare with respect to its Section One conspiracy claims against United Health in both the Northern District of Illinois and the Seventh Circuit
• United Technologies Corporation in connection with Walker Process and Handgards claims in the Northern District of Illinois and District of Maryland
• Bar/Bri in the Ninth Circuit in a monopolization case brought by APTS
• Bar/Bri in the 10th Circuit in a monopolization case brought by PMBR

Investigations

• Google Section 2 investigation before agencies throughout the world
• Google with respect to its Standard Essential Patents decree with the FTC
• Stanley Works with respect to Made in USA markings

Merger Challenges

• Tyson Foods and Georgie’s in DOJ merger challenge in the Western District of Virginia
• SunGard in DOJ merger challenge to the acquisition of Comdisco in D.C. District Court
• U.S. DOJ in challenge to WorldCom’s $129 billion acquisition of Sprint
• Vantico in a merger challenge against Apollo