Brandon Nesfield

Public Company M&A and Representations 

• Bristol-Myers Squibb in its $13.1 billion acquisition of MyoKardia.
• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Taubman Centers, Inc. in Taubman’s pending $9.8 billion merger and joint venture with Simon Property Group.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb in its $13.4 billion divestiture of Celgene’s OTEZLA® program to Amgen, in relation to its $90 billion acquisition of Celgene.
• Danaher Corporation in its $21.4 billion acquisition of the biopharma business of General Electric.
• GLP in the $18.7 billion sale of its U.S. logistics business to Blackstone, the largest-ever private real estate transaction globally.
• WellCare Health Plans in its $17.3 billion acquisition by Centene Corporation.
• Infineon Technologies in its $10.1 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor.
• Travelport Worldwide Limited in its $4.4 billion sale to Siris Capital Group, LLC and Evergreen Coast Capital Corp.
• Akzo Nobel in its successful defense of an unsolicited $29 billion takeover attempt by PPG Industries and activism led by Elliott Management.
• KVH Industries, Inc. in connection with its cooperation agreement with Vintage Capital Management, LLC regarding the composition of the KVH Industries board.
• Technicolor S.A. (“Technicolor”), a Paris-based global leader in content creation to distribution for Hollywood studios, independent filmmakers, music producers, and video game and software developers, in corporate aspects of its Chapter 15 proceeding (part of a comprehensive restructuring strategy to raise €420 million in new financing and refinance Technicolor’s existing $477.8 million and €977 million of funded debt) pending before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Private Equity Sponsor M&A and Representations

• The Blackstone Group in its $11 billion syndicated acquisition of Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
• Service Logic, the largest independent provider of aftermarket maintenance, repair and replacement services for commercial HVAC equipment, on its agreement to be acquired by Leonard Green & Partners from Warburg Pincus.
• RS Energy Group, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, in its merger with Enverus, a Genstar Capital portfolio company.
• CorePower Yoga, an L Catterton portfolio company, in its sale to TSG Consumer Partners.
• Taymax Group Holdings, a Trilantic Capital Partners portfolio company, in its acquisition of SouthFit Holdings, a Planet Fitness franchisee group.
• Leading transportation industry private equity investment firm, in connection with a multimillion dollar leveraged recapitalization transaction.
• Leading private equity investment firm with over $21 billion equity capital under management, in connection with secondary sales of fund interests.
• Sycamore Partners in its $6.9 billion acquisition of Staples, Inc.

Debt Financing Transactions and Corporate Borrower Representations 

• iHeart Media, Inc., in connection with credit arrangements related to its $16.1 billion Chapter 11 restructuring.
• Partners Group in connection with the acquisition financing to support its acquisition of EyeCare Partners.
• Leading plus-size women’s fashion retailer in a $260 million senior secured term loan facility to support corporate refinancing.
• Leading business-process outsourcing company in connection with an $80 million accounts receivable securitization facility.
• iQor and its affiliates in connection with financing matters in the sale of its logistics and product services assets to an affiliate of Staple Street Capital.
• iQor and its affiliates in connection with amendments to $880 million of first and second lien credit facilities to support the acquisition of certain assets.
• Leading OTC healthcare product company in connection with amendments to its $620 million senior secured term loan facility to reflect updated market conditions.

Select Pro Bono Matters and Nonprofit Organization Representations

• Disabled Outdoorsmen USA, an organization that provides outdoors experiences and opportunities for disabled individuals, in connection with corporate governance matters and multi-state charitable and operational initiatives.
• Sanctuary for Families, an organization that provides services to victims of domestic, gender and trafficking violence, in connection with legal services provided through their Anti-Trafficking Initiative.
• Legal Services NYC, an organization providing that provides free legal services to low-income New York residents, in connection with various naturalization cases sponsored by their Immigrants’ Rights Project.

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2017