Peter M. McCormack

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

• Nexstar Broadcasting Group in various matters, including its $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co. and related $1.3 billion sale of nineteen stations in fifteen markets to TEGNA and The E.W. Scripps Company pursuant to a DOJ Final Judgment
• Huntsman Corporation in various matters including its acquisitions of CVC Thermoset Specialties, Demilec, Inc., and Icynene-Lapolla, as well as its terminated $20 billion merger with Clariant
• Bain Capital Private Equity and its portfolio companies in various matters including
  
  • the acquisition of Big Tex Trailers, Inc. and subsequent merger with American Trailer Works, Inc., acquired from Southlake Equity Group, which received DOJ clearance after a Second Request investigation
  • the terminated merger of Aveanna Healthcare and Maxim Health Services, the combination of PSA Healthcare and Epic Health Services to form Aveanna Healthcare and other matters involving Aveanna
  • the sale of BMC Software to KKR
• Kinderhook Industries LLC and portfolio companies Capital Waste Services LLC and EcoSouth LLC in their acquisition of assets as a divestiture buyer pursuant to a DOJ-ordered divestiture in United States v. Republic Services, Inc.
• Boise Cascade Company in its acquisition of engineered lumber production facilities from Georgia Pacific LLC
• Thomas H. Lee Partners and Curo Health Services LLC in the $1.4 billion sale of Curo to Humana Inc., TPG Capital LP and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe LP
• Sumeru Equity Partners (Silver Lake) in various matters including the merger of MDSL with Calero Software and the sale of Buildium to Real Page, Inc.
• Confidential hedge fund client in connection with DOJ Antitrust Division investigation
• Various private equity clients, including Arsenal Capital, Kinderhook Industries, TA Associates, Warburg Pincus, and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, as well as their portfolio companies, in connection with confidential transactions and antitrust advisory matters

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

• 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. 
• 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
• 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