John Kaercher, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, John's representative transactions have included:

• Marlin Equity Partners and Virgin Pulse on Virgin Pulse’s merger with HealthComp to create a comprehensive employer health platform
• Guardian Capital Group (TSX: GCG; GCG.A) in connection with Guardian Smart Infrastructure Management’s acquisition of a controlling interest in Q-Free ASA, a provider of intelligent transportation systems
• Northleaf Capital Partners in multiple transactions, including in its:
  • strategic partnership with and investment in Tillman FiberCo to construct a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network
  • $1.5 billion recapitalization of DataBank, a data center services provider
• Hatch Renewables, a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners, in its battery storage partnership with Equilibrium Energy
• Metallica in its acquisition of the majority interest in Furnace Record Pressing, a leading provider of high-quality vinyl records and related services
• Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL) in the formation of a strategic partnership with iCON Infrastructure for an international destination development platform
• Hatch Royalty LLC in Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP's (NYSE: KRP) approximately $290 million purchase of its mineral and royalty interests located in the Permian Basin
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in its strategic partnership with Primary Wave Music
• Thoma Bravo in connection with:
  • its acquisition of Bluesight, the Medication Intelligence™ Company
  • Bluesight’s acquisition of Medacist, a pioneer in drug diversion monitoring
  • its growth investment in Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc.
  • the sale of a majority stake in Riskonnect to TA Associates
  • the sale of a majority stake in Nintex to TPG Capital
• Diversified Energy Company plc (LSE: DEC) in connection with:
  • its $240 million acquisition of certain upstream assets and related facilities in Oklahoma and Texas from ConocoPhillips Company
  • the closing of a sustainability-linked asset backed securitization (ABS) of certain Barnett Shale assets in North Texas
  • its acquisition of certain upstream assets, field infrastructure, equipment and facilities within the company's Central Region from Tapstone Energy Holdings, LLC and its related party KL CHK SPV, LLC
• HGGC in connection with:
  • the sale of a controlling interest in Beauty Industry Group
  • the investment of $1.2 billion by third party investors in Integrity Marketing Group
• Blackstone in its transformative partnership with Hipgnosis Song Management to deliver c.$1 billion to acquire and manage song catalogues, with follow-on catalogue purchases from iconic artists including Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, Kenny Chesney and Leonard Cohen
• North Hudson Resources Partners and its affiliated funds in the $402 million purchase of LOGOS Resources II LLC from ArcLight Capital Partners
• Atrium Hospitality in its business combination with Alpine Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded SPAC
• Willoughby Capital in multiple growth-equity investments across various industries
• L&F Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: LNFA), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.4 billion business combination with ZeroFox. As part of the transaction, ZeroFox acquired IDX and became a publicly traded company named ZeroFox Holdings (NASDAQ: ZFOX)
• Black Rifle Coffee Company in its business combination with SilverBox Engaged Merger Corp.
• RedTeam Software in its acquisition of PASKR
• JettyCove Holdings in multiple growth-equity investments across various industries
• Avenue Capital and Echo Energy in their divestiture of certain oil and gas mineral interests to Brigham Minerals
• Cleanhill Partners in its partnership with CleanJoule LLC
• Amp Solar Group in its acquisition of battery storage facilities in the UK
• Mosaik Equity in connection with:
  • its sale of Payveris to Paymentus Holdings
  • multiple growth equity investments
• Vegvisir Capital in its acquisition of Royal Alliances
• Mountain Valley Pipeline in its acquisition of Verified Emission Reductions from NextEra Energy

Prior to joining Kirkland, John's representative transactions included:

• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Barnes & Noble in Barnes & Noble’s $683 million acquisition by a major investment management company
• Starz in its $4.4 billion acquisition by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
• NASCAR in its $2 billion acquisition of International Speedway Corporation
• Liberty Latin America in its acquisition of Telefonica S.A’s wireless operations in Costa Rica
• Liberty Media Corporation in its acquisition of Formula 1 and subsequent secondary equity offerings for the shares received by former owners of Formula 1
• Liberty Latin America in its acquisition of a controlling stake in United Telecommunications Services N.V.
• AffiniPay in its $580 million sale to TA Associates
• EQT Production Company, an affiliate of EQT Corporation, in its divestiture of oil, gas, and NGL assets for approximately $575 million
• Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP, a NYSE-listed midstream MLP, in its $313 million initial public offering
• Jones Energy, a NYSE-listed upstream oil and gas company, in its $175 million initial public offering
• Jones Energy in its sale to Revolution Resources