Michelle Kelrikh

Associate Technology & IP Transactions

New York +1 646 444 9588

Overview

Michelle Kelrikh is an associate in the Technology and IP Transactions Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

She advises clients across a broad range of industries, including technology, software, consumer brands, healthcare and life sciences, among others.

Her experience encompasses a wide range of transactional structures, including advising on intellectual property aspects of public and private mergers & acquisitions, licensing arrangements, commercial agreements, joint ventures and carve-outs.

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

  • Represented TPG Capital in an agreement to acquire from AT&T the remaining 70% stake in DIRECTV that it does not already own, in a transaction valued at approximately $7.6 billion.
  • Represented flooring company Empire Today in its successful liability management and financing transaction that received the support of more than 99% of the company’s lenders.
  • Represented THL Partners in its majority investment in AMI, a provider of silicon level software required to power and boot, manage, orchestrate and secure modern computing environments.
  • Represented VettaFi, a portfolio company of Aretex Capital Partners, in its sale to TMX Group for approximately $848 million.
  • Represented Kohlberg & Company, LLC in:
    • its partnership with Engage PEO.
    • its majority investment in CLEAResult, North America’s largest energy efficiency, energy transition and energy sustainability services provider.
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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2023New York

Languages

  • English
  • Russian

Education

  • New York University School of LawJ.D.2022

    Dean’s Scholar

    NYU Journal of Law and Business

  • Yale UniversityB.A., Ethics, Politics and Economics2017