Peter M. McCormack

Since joining Kirkland, Peter has been involved in the following representations:

• BAE Systems on the $5.5 billion acquisition of Ball Aerospace from Ball Corporation
• Huntsman Corporation on various matters, including:
  
  • the sale of its Textile Effects business to Archroma, a portfolio company of investment firm SK Capital Partners
  • its $20 billion merger-of-equals with Clariant, which was mutually terminated after Clariant shareholder opposition
  • the acquisition of CVC Thermoset Specialties from American Securities; Demilec from affiliates of Sun Capital Partners; and Icynene-Lapolla from affiliates of FFL Partners
• Nexstar Broadcasting Group on various matters including its $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media and its related $1.3 billion divestiture sale of 19 stations in 15 markets to TEGNA and The E.W. Scripps Company
• Bain Capital and its portfolio companies on various sales and acquisitions, including:
  
  • the acquisition of Big Tex Trailers and subsequent merger with American Trailer World (ATW), which closed after a Second Request, and the sale of ATW’s Tex Trail trailer parts distribution business to DexKo Global
  • the combination of PSA Healthcare and Epic Health Services to form Aveanna Healthcare, the proposed merger of Aveanna Healthcare and Maxim Health Services, which was terminated after an extended FTC investigation, and other confidential matters involving Aveanna
  • Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman in the $17 billion acquisition of athenahealth
  • Bain Capital and Vista Equity Partners in the $5.35 billion sale of Vertafore to Roper Technologies
  • the sale of Blue Nile to Signet Jewelers Limited
  • Rocket Software in various matters including the acquisition of ASG Technologies and its $2.275 billion acquisition of the Application Modernization and Connectivity (AMC) business from Open Text
  • the $2.15 billion investment in II-VI in connection with II-VI’s acquisition of Coherent, Inc.
  • Bain Capital in its sale of a co-controlling stake in US LBM to Platinum Equity, and US LBM in various acquisitions
• TJC, LP and its portfolio companies on various sales and acquisitions, including:
  • CPI International, Inc. in the sale of its Electron Device Business to TransDigm Group Incorporated for $1.385 billion
  • the acquisition of L3 Harris Technologies’ Commercial Aviation Solutions business
  • the $1.8 billion acquisition of the Delrin business from DuPont
• KKR and its portfolio companies on various sales and acquisitions, including its investment in Precipart; the $1.3 billion acquisition of Chase Corporation; the $1.6 billion acquisition of CIRCOR International; its acquisition of CoolIT Systems; and portfolio company Bettcher Industries in its acquisition of Frontmatec
• Lone Star Funds and portfolio company Forterra in its sale to Quikrete, which closed after a DOJ Second Request
• Clearwater Analytics in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Enfusion, Inc., its acquisition of Beacon Platform, and its acquisition of Bistro, Blackstone’s proprietary portfolio visualization software platform built for Blackstone’s Credit & Insurance business
• Kinderhook Industries and its portfolio companies on various sales and acquisitions, including:
  • Rural Healthcare on its acquisition of Steward Medical Group and Steward Health Care Network, forming Revere Medical, and Revere Medical in its acquisition of CareMax’s Management Services Organization
  • Capital Waste Services and EcoSouth in their acquisition of assets as a divestiture buyer pursuant to a DOJ Final Judgment in United States v. Republic Services, Inc.
  • the sale of Circon Holdings to Covanta, a portfolio company of EQT Infrastructure
  • the acquisition of Mobile Mini Tank and Pump Solutions, Inc. from WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings and combination with the Adler Tank Rentals acquired from McGrath RentCorp
• Nordic Capital and its portfolio companies on various sales and acquisitions, including
  
  • Cint Group on its $1.07 billion acquisition of Lucid Holdings
  • Transactions and advisory matters involving United Veterinary Care, One, Inc., Inovalon, Zafin Labs and ActiveViam
• Summit Partners and its portfolio companies on various sales and acquisitions, including portfolio company Trintech in its acquisition of the Financial Reconciliation business from Fiserv
• K1 Investment Management and its portfolio company Smarsh in the acquisition of the Digital Safe business of Micro Focus; its portfolio company ComplySci in the acquisition of RIA in a Box; and other matters
• Investindustrial in matters including its carve-out acquisition of the Meal Preparations Business of TreeHouse Foods and its investment in Eataly to accelerate international expansion efforts
• Corning in its acquisition of a controlling stake in the Hemlock Semiconductor joint venture from DuPont
• Owl Rock Capital Group in its agreement with Dyal Capital Partners to form Blue Owl Capital an alternative asset management firm with over $45 billion in assets under management
• Towerbrook Capital Partners and portfolio company TriMedx in the acquisition of Aramark Healthcare Services
• Boise Cascade Company in its acquisition of engineered lumber production facilities from Georgia Pacific
• Thomas H. Lee Partners in the $1.4 billion sale of Curo Health Services to a consortium led by Humana
• Private equity sponsor and its portfolio company in the $1 billion acquisition of a competing hospice provider
• Sumeru Equity Partners (Silver Lake) in various matters including the merger of MDSL with Calero Software and the sale of Buildium to Real Page
• Confidential hedge fund client in connection with DOJ Antitrust Division investigation
• Ingersoll Rand in the sale of its High Pressure Solutions business to American Industrial Partners
• Consolidated Aviation Services in its sale to Worldwide Flight Services, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity
• LNK Partners in the sale of Niman Ranch and its parent company Natural Food Holdings to Perdue Farms
• Warburg Pincus in the sale of Coyote Logistics to UPS
• Sentinel Capital Partners and portfolio company Hollander Sleep Products in the acquisition of Pacific Coast Feather
• Vista Equity Partners in the combination on Cvent and Lanyon, which closed after a Second Request
• Cerberus Capital Management in its strategic partnership with Avon Products
• Centerbridge Partners in its investment in Heartland Food Products Group to finance the acquisition of Splenda from McNeil Nutritionals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson
• Private equity clients including Arsenal Capital, Bright Star Capital, CIVC, Genstar, New Mountain Capital, Nordic Capital, Starr Investments, Summit Partners, Vestar, Warren Equity, WCAS and their portfolio companies on various confidential transactions and antitrust advisory matters

Prior to joining Kirkland, Peter was involved in the following representations:

• Advantest Corp. in its $1.1 billion merger with Verigy Ltd.
• Ainsworth Lumber Co. Inc. in its successful merger with Norbord, Inc., which received DOJ clearance after a Second Request investigation, and in its terminated $864 million merger with Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
• In connection with American Airlines’ $11 billion merger with US Airways Group, Inc., represented AMR Corporation’s Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors as part of AMR’s Chapter 11 reorganization
• Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Co. alleging breach of a commercialization agreement for the diabetes medication exenatide and related antitrust claims, and in its subsequent settlement with Eli Lilly terminating the agreement and transitioning full responsibility for developing and marketing exenatide to Amylin
• CF Industries Holdings, Inc. in the $1.4 billion sale of its phosphates business to The Mosaic Co. and its $910 million acquisition of Viterra, Inc.’s stake in Canadian Fertilizers Limited
• Express Scripts, Inc. in its $29.1 billion acquisition of Medco Health Solutions, including in connection with the private antitrust challenge to the transaction
• Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. in connection with the antitrust aspects of its litigation against Vulcan Materials regarding Martin Marietta’s hostile exchange offer for Vulcan and related proxy contest.
• SanDisk Corporation in its successful trial defense against claims brought by Kingston Technologies relating to SanDisk’s licensing policies
• U.S. professional sports leagues in various confidential matters, including arbitration matters pursuant to the NHL and NBA collective bargaining agreements
• Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in connection with its $5.6 billion acquisition of Actavis Group

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 2011–2015