Brandon Nesfield

Public M&A and Public Company Representations

• Polestar in its pending $20 billion combination with Gores Guggenheim Inc. (Nasdaq: GGPI), a special purpose acquisition company.
• Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) in its acquisition of Protomer Technologies for a potential transaction value of over $1.0 billion.
• Pioneer (Nasdaq: PACX), a special purpose acquisition company, on its $2.2 billion acquisition of Acorns. 
• Stone Point Capital in its $6 billion acquisition of CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX). 
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) in its $13.1 billion acquisition of MyoKardia.
• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Taubman Centers, Inc. in Taubman’s $9.8 billion merger and joint venture with Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG).
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) in its $13.4 billion divestiture of Celgene’s OTEZLA® program to Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN), in relation to its $90 billion acquisition of Celgene.
• Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) 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 (NYSE: BX), the largest-ever private real estate transaction globally.
• Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) in DuPont’s (NYSE: DD) $725 million sale of its stake in the Hemlock Semiconductor joint venture to Corning and its trichlorosilane business to Hemlock Semiconductor.
• WellCare Health Plans in its $17.3 billion acquisition by Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC).
• Blackstone (NYSE: BX) in its $11 billion syndicated acquisition of Ultimate Software Group (Nasdaq: ULTI).
• Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX) in its $10.1 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor.
• Travelport Worldwide Limited in its $4.4 billion sale to Siris Capital Group and Evergreen Coast Capital Corp.
• Akzo Nobel N.V. (AMS: AKZA) in its successful defense of an unsolicited $29 billion takeover attempt by PPG Industries and activism led by Elliott Management.
• KVH Industries (Nasdaq: KVHI) in connection with its cooperation agreement with Vintage Capital Management, LLC regarding the composition of the KVH Industries board.
• Technicolor SA (TCH: EN Paris) (“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.
• Sycamore Partners in its $6.9 billion acquisition of Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS)

Private M&A and Private Equity Representations

• 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.
• Warburg Pincus on its growth investment in SPINS, a leading wellness-focused data, analytics and technology provider in the U.S.
• CorePower Yoga, an L Catterton portfolio company, in its sale to TSG Consumer Partners.
• Ideal Image, an L Catterton portfolio company, in its sale of a significant minority stake to TPG Growth.
• 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.

Financing Transactions and Corporate Debtor Representations

• iHeartMedia (Nasdaq: IHRT), 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.

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2017