Katherine C. Nemeth
Partner
Executive Compensation
Overview
Katherine Nemeth is a partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on executive compensation. She advises public and private companies, private equity funds and portfolio companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and divestitures, restructurings and initial public offerings. Katherine also advises clients on a wide range of compensation and associated tax, securities law and corporate governance matters, including the design, disclosure and implementation of equity and cash incentive programs, employment and severance arrangements, change in control plans and retention programs.
Experience
Representative Matters
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Owens & Minor, Inc. in the $375 million sale of its Products & Healthcare Services segment, a provider of medical and surgical supplies, to Platinum Equity
- Compass in its pending $10 billion merger with Anywhere Real Estate to create a real estate platform
- Scorpion Therapeutics in the up to $2.5 billion sale of the PI3Kα inhibitor program, a treatment for breast cancers in clinical trials, to Eli Lilly and Company
- Owens & Minor, Inc. on its proposed acquisition of Rotech Healthcare Holdings, Inc for $1.36 billion
- 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
- Bernhard Capital Partners in the sale of its stake in Brown & Root Industrial Services, a provider of non-discretionary, specialty industrial services
- An investor consortium comprised of AI Infrastructure Partnership, MGX and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners in its $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers, a provider of data center solutions, from Macquarie Asset Management
- Vista Equity Partners on the $8.4 billion acquisition of Smartsheet
- Apax Partners LLP on its $1.75 billion acquisition of global technology consultancy Thoughtworks
- Ichthys Energy Partners, LLC in its equity commitment from Post Oak Energy Capital, L.P.
- Sandbrook Capital in its $300 million capital commitment with NGP in Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a developer of large-scale digital infrastructure sites powered by low-carbon electricity
- 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 and sale 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
News &
Insights
Kirkland Advises Owens & Minor on Sale of Products & Healthcare Services Segment