Arjun Mocherla
Overview
Arjun Mocherla is a corporate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on M&A and private equity transactions, and advises public and private companies, as well as private equity sponsors, in a variety of transactions, including complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, divestitures and asset sales, and business combinations. Arjun also counsels clients with respect to general corporate matters and governance.
Arjun serves on New York’s Associates Committee and has previously served as an officer of the South Asian Bar Association of New York.
Experience
Representative Matters
Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS) in its pending $1.9 billion sale to Novacap
Onex Partners and its portfolio company, OneDigital, an insurance brokerage, financial services and workforce consulting firm, in a majority investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which values OneDigital in excess of $7 billion
WEBTOON Entertainment in its strategic partnership on a new digital comics platform with The Walt Disney Company and concurrent minority investment by Disney
Northleaf Capital Partners and AVALT in the acquisition of WASH Multifamily Holdings, a route-based laundry infrastructure services company
E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ETWO) in its $2.1 billion sale to WiseTech Global Limited (ASX: WTC)
TPG Rise Climate in its investment in Elevated Materials, a joint venture with Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT) to produce ultra-thin lithium films for next generation batteries
Lexitas in its $415 million sale of Registered Agent Solutions Inc. to Wolters Kluwer (AMS: WKL)
Amcor (NYSE: AMCR) in its $37 billion merger with Berry Global (NYSE: BERY)
Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) in an asset sale of certain brand name and core operating assets to a group of secured lenders through its Chapter 11 cases
Altaris Capital in the acquisition of Minaris Regenerative Medicine from Resonac Corporation
Harman International in its acquisition of Roon Labs
Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) in its $1.4 billion acquisition of POINT Biopharma Global Inc. (Nasdaq: PNT)
Banyan Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: BYN) in its $520 million business combination with Pinstripes, Inc.
Express, Inc. (NYSE: EXPRQ) in its strategic partnership with WHP Global
Paya Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYA) in its sale to Nuvei Corporation for approximately $1.3 billion (TSX: NVEI)
Apax Digital in its investment in Magaya Corporation
Naver Corporation in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Poshmark, Inc. (Nasdaq: POSH)
EQT and its portfolio company WorkWave, on WorkWave’s acquisition of TaskEasy
Further Global in its investment in Phaidon International
KKR in its investment in apexanalytix®
Butterfly Equity in its acquisition of QDOBA
Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, a portfolio company of Bansk Group, in its acquisition of Rowpar Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Lincolnshire Management in its sale of Schumacher Electric Corporation
Intelsat S.A. and certain of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in connection with corporate governance and securities matters
CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II (NYSE:PRPB) in its $4.8 billion merger with Getty Images
StorageMart in its acquisition of Manhattan Mini Storage
Thoughtworks Holding, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWKS) in connection with various SEC periodic filing requirements
Clerk & Government Experience
Legal ExternUnited States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New YorkFall 2020
Prior Experience
Law Clerk, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Spring 2021
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2020
Summer Associate, Thompson & Knight LLP, 2019
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2023New York
Languages
- English
- Telugu
Education
- New York University School of LawJ.D.2021
Annual Survey of American Law
Student Bar Association
South Asian Law Students Association
- University of Texas at AustinB.A., Plan II Honors Program2017
Friar Society
Texas 4000 for Cancer
Tejas Club