Brandon Nesfield

Public Company M&A and Representations 

• 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 pending $10 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.

Private Equity Sponsor M&A and Representations

• The Blackstone Group in its $11 billion syndicated acquisition of Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
• 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