Will Lawley

Mergers & Acquisitions and Other Corporate Transactions

• Carlson Travel, Inc. and its affiliates in connection with their successful reorganization as part of their Chapter 11 cases
• Linden Capital Partners in its acquisition of Formulated Solutions
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of Intel 471
• Parthenon Capital in the sale of its portfolio company BillingTree
• GTCR in its acquisition of Point Broadband
• GTCR and its portfolio company, Paya, in its acquisition of Paragon Payment Solutions and Direct Connect
• Catania Capital Partners in its acquisition of American Broadband
• Sun Capital Partners in its acquisition of Exadel, Inc.
• Arctos NorthStar Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $275 million initial public offering
• Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company, IDS, in its acquisition of White Clarke Group
• Thomas H. Lee Partners in its acquisition of Care Hospice
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of AxiomSL
• J. C. Penney Company, Inc. in its acquisition by Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management and its successful reorganization as part of its Chapter 11 cases
• Madison Dearborn Partners in its acquisition of IPL Plastics, Inc.
• Jason Industries in connection with its successful reorganization as part of its Chapter 11 cases
• Duff & Phelps in its $4.2 billion acquisition by a global investor consortium led by funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Further Global
• Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company, Autodata Solutions, in its acquisition of J.D. Power
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of Command Alkon Incorporated
• GTCR and its portfolio company, Mega Broadband Investments, in its acquisition of Vyve Broadband
• Arsenal Capital Partners in its acquisition of Caprion Biosciences and HistoGeneX
• Destination Maternity Corporation in its acquisition by Marquee Brands as part of its Chapter 11 cases
• Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. in connection with its reorganization as part of its Chapter 11 cases
• Multi-Color Corporation through the signing of its $2.5 billion acquisition by an affiliate of Platinum Equity LLC*
• Kemper Corporation in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Infinity Property and Casualty Company*
• Sirius International Insurance Group in connection with its S-4 filing associated with its merger with Easterly Acquisition Corp., allowing Sirius International Insurance Group to become a publically traded company with a $2.2 billion market capitalization*
• The lead underwriters in the transaction financing for Conagra Brands, Inc. acquisition of Pinnacle Foods Inc., which included the issuance of $7.025 billion of senior debt and $575 million of equity*

Public Company Activism Defense

• KVH Industries, Inc. in defense against a proxy contest led by VIEX Capital
• KVH Industries, Inc. in connection with its cooperation agreement with Vintage Capital Management, LLC regarding the composition of the KVH Industries board
• CBL in its agreement with Exeter Capital regarding the composition of the CBL board of directors
• Elaine Wynn in her proxy contest against Wynn Resorts*
• HomeStreet Inc. in its proxy contest defense against Roaring Blue Lion Capital*
• ProLung, Inc. in its proxy contest defense against its former CEO, which was conducted through a consent solicitation*

Corporate Governance

• Various private equity platform companies in connection with various corporate governance and equity matters
• Various boards of directors and board committees in connection with corporate governance advice, implementation of shareholder rights plans (both on the shelf and active) and shareholder activism preparation, many of which remain confidential

*Prior to joining Kirkland

Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, 2017–2019

PILI Fellow, Chicago Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 2017

Summer Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, 2016