Sophia Hudson, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, Sophia has been involved in the following transactions:

• AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan
• AbbVie in the issuance of $30 billion of debt to finance its acquisition of Allergan; the debt offering represents the largest corporate bond sale of 2019 and the fourth-largest in history
• AbbVie in exchange offers and consent solicitations for ~$22 billion of Allergan debt in connection with AbbVie’s acquisition of Allergan
• Affimed in its $34.5 million follow-on offering of common stock and in the establishment of an “At-the-Market” sales program
• Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus in the sale of $2.075 billion aggregate principal amount of high-yield notes to finance the $3.4 billion buy-out of Inmarsat
• Associated Materials in its $250 million offering of senior notes, as part of a recapitalization of its business to strengthen its balance sheet and enhance liquidity
• Awilhelmsen in its sale of more than $550 million of common stock of Royal Caribbean Cruises
• Bristol Myers Squibb in its $13.1 billion acquisition of MyoKardia 
• Bristol Myers Squibb in its $90 billion acquisition of Celgene
• Bristol Myers Squibb in the issuance of $19 billion of debt to finance its acquisition of Celgene
• Bristol Myers Squibb in exchange offers and consent solicitations for ~$19 billion of Celgene debt in connection with Bristol-Myers’ acquisition of Celgene
• Carlisle Companies in its $750 million offering of senior notes
• Colfax in its $3.2 billion acquisition of DJO Global
• Delphi Technologies in its $3.3 billion sale to BorgWarner
• Fox in its $440 million acquisition of Tubi
• Fox in its $1.2 billion offering of senior notes
• Huntsman in connection with a debt offering transaction pursuant to which its wholly-owned subsidiary, Huntsman International, issued $750 million new senior notes to refinance shorter term maturity debt
• Intelsat in its debt restructuring and in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• J.C. Penney in its debt restructuring and in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• KPS Capital Partners in its pending acquisition of AM General
• LLamasoft in its $1.5 billion sale to Coupa Software and TPG, Goldman Sachs and MK Capital in the registered offering of the shares they received in the transaction 
• Norwegian Cruise Line in its $2.4 billion transaction involving four different capital markets products, the first-ever four-tranched marketed financing
• Norwegian Cruise Line in its $287.5 million follow-on offering of common stock, $750 million offering of senior notes and $450 million offering of exchangeable senior notes 
• Pike Corp. in its $500 million offering of senior notes
• TPG Real Estate Finance Trust in the sale of its $572 million debt securities portfolio to an undisclosed counterparty
• TPG Real Estate Finance Trust in its up to $325 million investment from Starwood Capital
• Tupperware Brands in its cash tender offers to purchase up to $175 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding senior notes
• United Airlines in its $6.8 billion financing comprising of $3.8 billion of bonds and $3 billion of term loans secured by the airline’s MileagePlus loyalty program
• United Airlines in its $5 billion funding from the U.S. Treasury under the CARES Act Payroll Support Program
• viagogo in its debt and preferred equity financings to fund its $4.05 billion acquisition of StubHub from eBay

Prior to joining Kirkland, Sophia represented the following clients:

IPOs and Other Equity Offerings

• Affimed, Auris, Biotie, Entera Bio, InflaRX, OneMain Financial, Pernix Therapeutics, Prosensa and Warner Chilcott in connection with their IPOs and/or follow-on equity offerings
• The underwriters in connection with the IPOs and/or other equity offerings for AK Steel, Allena Therapeutics, Bandwidth, ConforMIS, EndoChoice, Evolent, Galapagos, Iterum Therapeutics, OncoMed, PTC Therapeutics, REGENXBIO, Spark Therapeutics, Summit Materials and Wesco Aircraft

High-Yield and Convertible Debt

• High-yield or convertible debt offerings of Academy, AK Steel, Avadel Pharmaceuticals, Blackhawk Network, CEVA Logistics, Coinstar (now Outerwall), GNC, Insulet, Meritor, OneMain Financial, Parexel International, Pittsburgh Glass Works, Stillwater Mining, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Unit, Universal American and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (n/k/a Bausch Health Companies)

Investment-Grade Debt

• The underwriters in connection with investment-grade debt offerings of Coach, Inc., General Motors Company, General Motors Financial, The J.M. Smucker Company, Magellan Health, Medtronic, Merck and The Western Union Company

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

• Partner, 2014–2018
• Associate, 2006–2014