David M. Klein, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, David’s transactional experience includes representing:

• On Deck Capital in its pending sale to Enova International
• Tribune Publishing in its cooperation agreement with Alden Global Capital
• TDR Capital, as controlling stockholder of WillScot Corporation, in the $6.6 billion combination of WillScot and Mobile Mini, Inc. 
• Delphi Technologies PLC in its pending $3.3 billion sale to BorgWarner Inc.
• Murray Energy in connection with the corporate and M&A aspects of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case

Prior to joining Kirkland, David’s transactional experience included representing:

• ADP in its successful proxy contest against Pershing Square
• Barnes & Noble in an activist campaign by Sandell Asset Management
• Capital Senior Living in its settlement agreements with various investors
• EXOR in its $6.9 billion successful unsolicited takeover of PartnerRe
• General Electric in the $21.4 billion sale of its BioPharma business to Danaher Corporation
• GP Investments in its acquisition of Bravo Brio Restaurant Group
• GrandVision in its acquisition of For Eyes Optical Company
• Great Wolf Resorts in its $800 million sale to an affiliate of Apollo Global Management
• HP Inc. in its $1 billion acquisition of the global printer business of Samsung Electronics
• ILG in its $4.7 billion sale to Marriott Vacations Worldwide
• Janus Capital Group in its acquisition of VelocityShares
• The Kraft Heinz Company in its attempted $143 billion acquisition of Unilever and in its acquisition of Primal Nutrition
• NorthStar Asset Management Group in its joint venture with American Healthcare Investors
• Performance Sports Group in its acquisition of the Easton Baseball/Softball business from Easton-Bell Sports
• Qualcomm in connection with an unsolicited offer from Broadcom
• Restaurant Brands International in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
• Sky Plc in its acquisition of a majority stake in Jupiter Entertainment
• Smith & Nephew in its acquisition of Osiris Therapeutics
• Time Warner Cable in its $45.2 billion stock-for-stock merger with Comcast Corporation (terminated) and in its response to unsolicited acquisition proposals by Charter Communications
• Wellspring Capital Management in its acquisition of Swift Worldwide Resources from Gresham Private Equity and in Swift’s subsequent merger with Air Energi Group