Since joining Kirkland, Mike has been involved in the following representations:
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McDonald’s in its sale of Dynamic Yield to Mastercard
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FinServ Acquisition Corp. in its $1.0 billion merger with Katapult Holding, Inc.
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Vista Equity Partners in its $3.5 billion acquisition of Pluralsight, Inc.
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Funds advised by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. in its pending acquisition of American Bath Group, LLC
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Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. II in its $1.3 billion combination with Cerevel Therapeutics
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OnDeck Capital in its sale to Enova International
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Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. in its combination with Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
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The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Taubman Centers, Inc. in Taubman’s $9.8 billion merger and joint venture with Simon Property Group
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Hilcorp Alaska in its $5.6 billion acquisition of BP’s upstream and midstream business in Alaska
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AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan
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WellCare Health Plans in its $17.3 billion acquisition by Centene Corporation
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Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in its major investment in Allied Universal
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Nexstar Broadcasting Group in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co., creating the largest local television broadcaster and local media company
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Valence Media, a diversified media company (with an enterprise value approaching $3 billion) with divisions or investments in premium television, wide release film, specialty film, live entertainment and digital media, in its creation through a combination of Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, dick clark productions and MRC
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Strayer Education in its $1.9 billion merger of equals with Capella Education Company, creating a national leader in education innovation
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Tronox Limited in its $1.325 billion sale of its Alkali Chemicals business to Genesis Energy, L.P.
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MidOcean Partners in its $1 billion sale of Water Pik, Inc. to Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
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Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of LANDESK Software from Thoma Bravo
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CEB in its $3.3 billion sale to Gartner, Inc.
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Blackstone in its acquisition of SESAC Holdings, a leading music rights organization, from Rizvi Traverse Management
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WellCare Health Plans in its $800 million acquisition of Universal American Corporation
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Equity One in its $15.6 billion merger with Regency Centers Corporation, creating the preeminent shopping center REIT in the U.S.
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MidOcean Partners and Penton in the $1.56 billion sale of Penton to Informa plc
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Questar Corporation in its $4.4 billion sale to Dominion Resources, Inc.
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ABRY Partners in its $2.25 billion sale of RCN Telecom Services, LLC and Grande Communications Networks, LLC
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Confidential client in the $423 million acquisition of assets in Texas’ southern Midland Basin
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CEB in its $275 million acquisition of Evanta Ventures
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Premier Farnell and Akron Brass in the $224.2 million sale of Akron to Idex
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Advent International in its investment in inVentiv Health
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IGATE Corporation in its $4.04 billion merger with Capgemini S.A.
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L Catterton in its $925 million acquisition of Steiner Leisure
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Silver Lake in its acquisition of Cast & Crew Entertainment Services
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Cerberus Capital Management in its carveout of Avon’s North American business and strategic investment in Avon’s international business
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Ventas in its $475 million sale of the hospital operations of Ardent Health Services
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ABRY Partners in its $143.5 million equity investment in Accela
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Arlington Capital Partners in its sale of MB Aerospace Holdings
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Corning in connection with the unwinding of its 73-year-old Dow Corning joint venture with Dow Chemical in exchange for 100% of a newly formed corporation that will hold a 40% stake in Hemlock Semiconductor Group and approximately $4.8 billion in cash
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Fleur de Lis Energy in its acquisition of CO2 enhanced oil recovery properties in the basins of Wyoming
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KKR in its acquisition, along with Anchor Equity Partners and Ticket Monster management, of a controlling interest in Ticket Monster from Groupon in a transaction based on a fully diluted valuation of $782 million
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Burger King in its $11.4 billion acquisition of Tim Hortons Inc.
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Infineon Technologies AG in its $3 billion acquisition of International Rectifier Corporation
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London Stock Exchange Group plc in its $2.7 billion acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Frank Russell Company
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Fleur de Lis Energy in its $350 million acquisition of LINN Energy’s Wolfberry positions in Ector and Midland countries in the Permian Basin
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Bank of America Corporation in its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, Inc.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. in acquisition of The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.
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Countrywide, Inc. in its acquisition by Bank of America Corporation
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Wells Fargo in its acquisition of Wachovia Corporation
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Wyeth in its acquisition by Pfizer Inc.
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Schering-Plough Corporation in its acquisition by Merck & Co., Inc.
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Rohm and Haas Company in its acquisition by The Dow Chemical Company
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Grupo Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V. in its acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev
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Tishman Speyer in acquisition of Archstone-Smith
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Life Technologies Corporation in its acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
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Longs Drug Stores in its acquisition by CVS Caremark
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Smith International, Inc. in its acquisition by Schlumberger Limited
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Starbucks Coffee Company in its acquisition of Teavana Holdings, Inc.
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The Danaher Corporation in its acquisition of Sybron Dental
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Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. in its acquisition by an affiliate of TPG Capital
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Pentair, Inc. in its combination with Tyco's Flow Control business
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Delphi Financial Group, Inc. in acquisition by Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
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Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A. in its acquisition by Validus Holdings, Ltd.