Katherine Nemeth is a partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on executive compensation.
Experience
Representative Matters
Mergers & Acquisitions
Global Infrastructure Partners in its $12.5 billion acquisition by BlackRock, Inc., creating a leading infrastructure private markets investment platform with over $150 billion in AUM
Callon Petroleum Company in its $4.5 billion all-stock sale to APA Corporation
Bristol Myers Squibb in its $5.8 billion acquisition of Mirati Therapeutics
Permian Resources Corporation in its $4.5 billion all-stock acquisition of Earthstone Energy, Inc.
Mohari Hospitality in its acquisition of Tao Group Hospitality from Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
Allegion plc in its $900 million acquisition of Stanley Access Technologies, a carveout divestiture from Stanley Black & Decker
Owens & Minor, Inc. in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Apria, Inc.
Special Committee of Board of Directors of Verso Corporation in response to an unsolicited takeover bid and subsequent $825 million sale to BillerudKorsnäs
Private Equity Transactions
Vista Equity Partners on the $4 billion acquisition of customer engagement software and integrated payments solutions provider EngageSmart
KKR in its acquisition of CoolIT Systems, a provider of scalable liquid cooling solutions
Quantum Energy Partners in the formation and $500 million equity commitment to Bison Oil & Gas Partners, IV LLC
EIV Capital in its equity commitment to Intensity Infrastructure Partners LLC, a growth-oriented energy infrastructure company focused on acquiring and developing midstream infrastructure
Consortium and KKR in its $15 billion all-cash acquisition of CyrusOne Inc.
Tailwater Capital in its acquisition of NorTex Midstream
Blackstone Energy Partners in its acquisition of Irth Solutions, a leading provider of cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that automate processes for damage prevention and asset protection across critical network infrastructure assets
Restructurings
Celsius Network LLC and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases
Genesis Care Pty Ltd and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases
De-SPAC Transactions
AEA-Bridges Impact Corp. on its merger with LiveWire, Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle division
Prior Experience
Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2022Texas
2018New York
Education
New York University School of LawJ.D.magna cum laude2017
Order of the Coif
New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized StudyB.A.cum laude2012