William N. Lay

Since joining Kirkland, Will's experience has included the representation of:

• Nautic Partners-backed CarepathRx Health System Solutions in its strategic partnership with and investment by Evernorth Health Services, a subsidiary of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI).
• The Carlyle Group and United Road Services (“URS”) in the recapitalization of URS.
• Abry Partners in its investment in Precision Strategies.
• CarepathRx, a portfolio company of Nautic Partners, LLC, in its sale of BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy, the nation’s largest independent specialty pharmacy, to Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV).
• Nordic Capital-led consortium in its $7.3 billion acquisition of Inovalon.
• Cint Group AB on its $1.07 billion acquisition of Lucid.
• Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE:CSL), a leading supplier of innovative building envelope products and energy-efficient solutions, on its acquisition of Henry Company, a leading provider of building envelope systems, from affiliates of American Securities LLC for $1.575 billion.
• Prince International Corporation and American Securities LLC on its $2.1 billion acquisition of Ferro Corporation.
• Chantecaille Inc., a leading prestige beauty company, in its acquisition by Beiersdorf AG
• GovCIO Holding Company, a portfolio company of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, in its acquisition of Salient CRGT.
• Oregon Tool, a portfolio company of American Securities and P2 Capital, on its sale to Platinum Equity.
• Summit Partners in its investment in Adviser Investments.
• West Marine, a portfolio company of Monomoy Capital Partners, on its sale to L Catterton.
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe on its acquisition of GovernmentCIO, LLC.
• Trilantic North America in its investment in Orva, a full-service e-commerce platform specializing in the sale of footwear, apparel, accessories and home products from leading consumer brand. 
• American Securities LLC in its strategic partnership with SimonMed Imaging, one of the largest independent outpatient medical imaging providers and physician radiology practices in the United States. 
• Century Equity Partners in its investment in Hancock Claims Consultants Holdings, LLC.
• Audax Group in its investment in Jitterbit, Inc.
• Nautic Partners in its creation of CarePathRx and its acquisitions of related businesses.
• ABRY Partners in its acquisition of Centauri Health Solutions from Silversmith Capital Partners and SV Health Investors.
• Viking Global Investors in its carveout acquisition of RUCDR Infinite Biologics Lab from Rutgers University.
• Monomoy Capital Partners in its acquisition of Shaw Development, a leading designer, manufacturer and assembler of sensors, fluid management systems and related components primarily for diesel exhaust fluid applications.
• Abry Partners in its acquisition of Hersha Hospitality Management.
• TZP Group in its strategic investment in Evergent Technologies. 
• Acosta, Inc., a multinational full-service sales, marketing, and retail merchandising agency with 30,000 employees, serving 1,200 blue chip companies across the globe, in corporate matters related to its prepackaged restructuring of $3 billion of indebtedness.
• The Carlyle Group, and its portfolio company United Road Services, in the acquisition of Team Drive-Away and related affiliates from CID Capital.
• Bain Capital on U.S. matters related to its acquisition of a majority stake in Maesa, a global beauty brand incubator.
• Windjammer Capital in the $2 billion combination of Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice Group.
• General Catalyst in its strategic minority investment by Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
• Intervale Capital in connection with its sale of TorcSill Foundations to an affiliate of White Deer Energy.
• ABRY Partners in its acquisition of U.S. Legal Support, Inc.
• Harvest Partners, L.P. in its strategic minority investment by Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Will’s experience included the representation of:

• A professional sports team in its successful bid and definitive expansion agreement for a Major League Soccer franchise and the negotiation of a franchise agreement for a United Soccer League (USL) franchise.
• A publicly traded healthcare company in its acquisition of several hospice and home health care companies.
• Middle market private equity sponsors in numerous portfolio acquisitions and divestitures.

Associate, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, Tennessee