Frank C. Liu

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Washington, D.C. +1 202 389 3193

Frank C. Liu

Practices

Overview

Frank Liu is a corporate associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on representing public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, including complex cross-border transactions and carve-outs. He also advises clients on corporate governance, activism defense and other strategic matters.

Prior to and since joining Kirkland, Frank was involved in the following matters:

  • Celanese Corporation in its $11 billion acquisition of a majority of DuPont’s Mobility & Materials Business
  • Inmarsat in its $7.3 billion acquisition by Viasat, Inc.
  • Turn/River Capital in its $570 million acquisition of Tufin Software Technologies. 
  • The Blackstone Group in its $2.25 billion major investment and recapitalization of Precision Medicine Group.*
  • Diageo plc in its $550 million sale of a portfolio of nineteen brands to Sazerac.*
  • DISH Network Corporation in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Boost Mobile pursuant to an agreement with T-Mobile, Sprint and the U.S. Department of Justice.*
  • DraftKings in its acquisition of Vegas Sports Information Network.*
  • Harris Corporation in its $35 billion merger of equals with L3 Technologies to form L3Harris Technologies.*
  • L3Harris Technologies in its $350 million divestiture of the Harris night vision business to Elbit Systems of America.*
  • Merck KGaA in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Versum Materials.*
  • Novartis AG in its $9.7 billion acquisition of The Medicines Company.*

*Matters prior to joining Kirkland

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • Admitted only in New York and practice is supervised by principals of the Firm

Education

  • Boston College Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude2018
    Articles Editor, Boston College Law Review
  • University of MichiganB.S., Cell and Molecular Biology2012