Eric Li

Since joining Kirkland, Eric has been involved in the following matters:

• senior management of Fortress Investment Group on its definitive agreements along with Mubadala Capital to acquire 90.01% of the equity of Fortress that is currently held by SoftBank Group Corp.
• 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

Prior to joining Kirkland, Eric was involved in the following matters:

• 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
• 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
• 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

Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

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