Keri Schick Norton, P.C.
Overview
Keri Schick Norton is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Keri regularly represents private equity firms, private companies and public companies on mergers and acquisitions and other complex transactions, including significant leverage buyouts, minority investments, carve out transactions, joint ventures and cross-border transactions. Keri also counsels clients with respect to governance, securities and other general corporate matters.
Keri teaches an intersession course as an adjunct professor at Tulane Law on corporate transactions.
Experience
Representative Matters
Private Equity Representation
- Altas Partners in its investment in Mercer Advisors
- Altas Partners in connection with Leonard Green Investment in Hub International Limited
- Altas Partners in its strategic partnership with Sedgwick
- Atlas Partners in its investment in Redwood Services
- Altas Partners-backed Pye-Barker in its acquisition of Briscoe Protective from Novidam Capital Partners
- Carlyle Global Credit in its $3 billion acquisition of iStar’s net lease business
- The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of Jagex
- Warburg Pincus in its investment in ParetoHealth
- Warburg Pincus in its investment in Varicent
- Warburg Pincus, together with Mubadala Investment Co., in its £1.9 billion acquisition of Pharma Intelligence from Informa
- Warburg Pincus-backed Citeline in its merger of equals with Norstella to form an end-to-end life sciences solutions provider
- Warburg Pincus-backed Newfi in its sale to Athene
- Warburg Pincus-backed Reorg in its sale to Permira
- Warburg Pincus-backed Sagent in its acquisition of certain intellectual property rights related to Mr. Cooper Group’s proprietary, cloud-based technology platform for mortgage servicing
- ABRY Partners in its $1.52 billion sale of Language Line Solutions
- Blackstone in its acquisition of SESAC Holdings, a leading music rights organization, from Rizvi Traverse Management
- Blackstone in its acquisition of Aon plc’s technology-enable benefits and HR platform
- Blackstone Tactical Opportunities in its investment in Diligent Corporation
- BRS & Co. in its sale of Simpson Performance Products
- Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. in its acquisition of 2nd Ave LLC and Greendrop
- A consortium led by CC Capital in its $6.9 billion acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet
- L Catterton Partners in its investment in Peloton Cycle
- L Catterton Partners in its acquisition of CorePower Yoga
- New Mountain Capital in its $600 million acquisition of TRC Companies, Inc.
- The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of Jagex
- The Jordan Company in its investment in Young Innovations, Inc.
- Warburg Pincus in its joint venture with Fiserv Inc. related to the carve out of Fiserv’s Lending Solutions business
- Warburg Pincus in its investment in Nexera Holding
- Warburg Pincus in its investment in Quantum Health
- Warburg Pincus in its investment in Samsara
- Warburg Pincus in its $1.86 billion sale of Procare Software to Roper Technologies
- WHP Global on its joint acquisition of rag & bone
Public Company Representation
- Eli Lilly in its $3.2 billion acquisition of Morphic Holding, Inc.
- Eli Lilly in its $1.4 billion acquisition of POINT Biopharma
- Eli Lilly in its $610 million acquisition of Akouos
- Eli Lilly in its exclusive collaboration and equity investment in Lycia Therapeutics
- Accenture in its joint venture with Apax Partners relating to the carve out of Accenture’s Duck Creek Technologies and subsequent initial public offering
- Accenture in its acquisition of CreativeDrive
- Accenture in its acquisition of Clarity Insight
- Accenture in its acquisition of IBB Consulting
- Accenture in its acquisition of DayNine
- Accenture in its $830 million carveout sale of Navitaire to Amadeus IT SA
- Abbott in its $5.8 billion acquisition of Alere Inc.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb in its $90 billion acquisition of Celgene Corporation
- Covetrus on its $250 million equity investment by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- Marriott Vacations Worldwide in its $4.7 billion acquisition of ILG, Inc.
- Phibro Animal Health on its $350 million asset acquisition from Zoetis
- Universal Music Group in its minority acquisition of interests in Chord Music Partners
- WellCare Health Plans in its $17.3 billion acquisition by Centene Corporation
- WellCare Health Plans in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Meridian Health Plans
- WellCare Health Plans in its $800 million acquisition of Universal American Corp.
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Recognition
“2024 Rising Star” Law360 (Private Equity), 2024
“Notable Practitioner” IFLR1000 (Corporate and M&A; PE), 2020–2022
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2013New York
Education
- Tulane University Law SchoolJ.D.magna cum laude2012
Order of the Coif
Moot Court Board
- Emory UniversityB.A., Political Sciencesumma cum laude2009
Phi Beta Kappa
Emory Scholar (Goodrich C. White Scholarship)
News &
Insights
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Altas Partners on Investment in Redwood Services
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Altas Partners on Strategic Partnership with Sedgwick
- In the News Rising Star: Kirkland's Keri Schick Norton
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Warburg Pincus on Varicent Investment
- Award Eight Kirkland Partners Recognized as 2024 Rising Stars by Law360