Savannah Malnar is an associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Savannah has been involved in various matters, including advising:
Madison Dearborn Partners in its investment in NextGen Healthcare, a provider of healthcare technology and data solutions.
Global Infrastructure Partners, an independent infrastructure fund manager, in its $12.5 billion sale to BlackRock.
Madison Dearborn Partners and Tornante Company-backed The Topps Company in the sale of Topps trading cards to Fanatics.
EQT Corp. on its $5.2 billion acquisition of Tug Hill’s upstream assets and XcL Midstream’s gathering and processing assets.
EQT Corp. on its $35 billion merger with Equitrans Midstream Corp. to create a natural gas business.
ONEOK on its $2.6 billion acquisition of all equity interests in Medallion Midstream, LLC.
Integrated Oncology Network (ION) on its $1.1 billion sale to Cardinal Health.
CD&R’s Veritiv on its acquisition of Orora Packaging Solutions.
Blackstone’s $2.2 billion sale of Lightstone Generation to Energy Capital Partners.
EQT on its $1.25 billion sale of Natural Gas Assets to Equinor.
Ascend Capital Partners on its acquisition of REP Behavioral Health.
ONEOK on its acquisition of publicly held common units in EnLink Midstream for $4.3 billion in ONEOK common stock.
EQT on its formation of $8.8 billion midstream joint venture with Blackstone Credit & Insurance.
Amplify on its combination with Juniper Capital’s upstream rocky mountain portfolio companies.
Ares-Backed EPIC Y-Grade, LP on its sale of natural gas liquids business to Phillips 66 for total cash consideration of $2.2 billion.
Emerald Lake on its sale of Inno-Pak to Handgards.
Warburg Pincus-Backed ModMed on its majority growth investment from Clearlake.
Madison Dearborn Partners on its sale of Solis Mammography.
Brookfield Infrastructure on its acquisition of Colonial Enterprises for an enterprise value of approximately $9 billion or 9x EBITDA.
Pro Bono
Asylum seekers and humanitarian visa applicants on obtaining work authorization through Lawyers for Good Government’s Project Corazon.
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Thought Leadership
Publications
Author, “Murphy’s Law: How to Avoid Going Wrong with Federal Regulation of Sports Gambling,” Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, Vol. 23, Issue 1, 2021
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2023New York
Education
Vanderbilt Law SchoolJ.D.2021
Dean’s List
Dean’s Scholar
Lightfoot, Franklin & White Award for Legal Writing
Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law
President, Vanderbilt Entertainment and Sports Law Society
Bowling Green State UniversityB.A., Sports Managementsumma cum laude2018