Eric Li

Prior to and since joining Kirkland, Eric has been involved in the following matters:

• Fortress senior management in its pending acquisition (to be made with co-acquirer, Mubadala Capital) of Fortress Investment Group from SoftBank
• KKR & Co Inc (NYSE: KKR) in its acquisition of a minority interest in Catalio Capital Management
• General Catalyst on its combination with European seed and growth stage venture capital fund La Famiglia
• Rental Equipment Investment Corp., a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, in its acquisition of Midstream Equipment Corporation
• Hermetic Solutions Group, Inc. (HSG), a portfolio company of Windjammer Capital Investors, on the sale of HSG to Qnnect LLC, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management
• Berkshire Partners and its portfolio company National Carwash Solutions Inc. in National Carwash’s acquisition of Zep Vehicle Care*
• Berkshire Partners and Permira Advisers in their sale of a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments (Pty) Ltd.*
• Berkshire Partners in its acquisition of a minority stake in EP Wealth Advisors*
• Providence Equity Partners in Blackboard Inc.’s sale to Anthology (a portfolio company of Veritas Capital and Leeds Equity Partners)*
• Alpine Investors, in its acquisition of RA Outdoors (d/b/a Aspira) from Vista Equity Partners*
• Riverside Assessments, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors, in its acquisition of ImPACT*
• Riverside Assessments, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors, in its acquisition of ESGI*
• Riverwood Capital in its acquisition of Files.com*
• ChrysCapital-backed Infogain in its acquisition of Absolutdata*
• Pfenex Inc. in its sale to Ligand Pharmaceuticals through tender offer and subsequent merger*
• OmniVision Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of assets of Synaptics’ single-chip LCD touch controller and driver integration business line in multiple jurisdictions*
• A U.S. public company in its divestment of certain products in multiple jurisdictions*
• A U.S. private company in its combination with two Canadian public companies to form an integrated news, gaming, sports and esports platform*
• Bright Food Group in its sale of a controlling stake in Weetabix*
• Hutchison 3G UK Limited and its Hong Kong parent company, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, in the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of a holding company of UK Broadband Limited from PCCW Limited*
• Stadtwerke München GmbH, the majority shareholder of Bayerngas Norge AS, in the incorporation of a new joint venture with Centrica plc to combine Centrica plc’s European oil and gas exploration and production business with Bayerngas Norge AS*

*Prior to joining Kirkland

Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.