Chrissy H. Pak

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

New York +1 212 898 5411

Chrissy H. Pak

Practices

Overview

Chrissy Pak is a corporate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Butterfly Equity on $1.95 billion take-private acquisition of The Duckhorn Portfolio

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) in its €3.5 billion acquisition of Marel (ICL: Marel), a provider of solutions, services and software to the poultry, meat and fish processing industries

TJC-backed Communications & Power Industries in the $1.385 billion sale of its Electron Device business, a manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems, to TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG)

Milk Specialties Global on a $300 million dividend recapitalization

Apax Digital Funds, as lead investor, in the $100 million investment in Petvisor, a veterinary and pet services business management and client engagement software platform

QDOBA Restaurant Corporation (“QDOBA”) on the closing of its inaugural $305 million whole business securitization through Qdoba Funding LLC

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) on the sale of its AeroTech business to Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK)

Warburg Pincus in its investment in ParetoHealth, a provider of an employee benefits platform

Butterfly in its acquisition of Milk Specialties Global, a manufacturer focused on the processing of raw dairy inputs into value-added functional ingredients, from American Securities

Butterfly Equity-backed Modern Restaurant Concepts in its acquisition of QDOBA, a franchisor in the Mexican fast casual restaurant sector, from Apollo Global Management

L Catterton in its acquisition of LTP Home Services Group, a residential plumbing and HVAC services platform, from Thompson Street Capital Partners

Centerbridge Partners in its acquisition of MacLean Power Systems, a manufacturer of products for transmission, distribution, substation and communications infrastructure, from MacLean-Fogg

Butterfly Equity and Orgain in its sale of a majority stake to Nestlé Health Science

FTV Capital-backed RapidRatings, a provider of financial health data and analytics, in its $200 million sale to Spectrum Equity and 22C Capital

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022New York

Languages

  • English
  • Korean

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolJ.D.magna cum laude2021

    Order of the Coif

    Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award

    Dean's Prize, 2019–2020

    Herbert F. Schwartz Award

    G. Newton Greene Memorial Prize

    University of Pennsylvania Law Review

    Senior Editor, Journal of Law and Innovation

    Co-President, American Constitution Society

    Professional Development Chair, Asian Pacific American Law Student Association

  • Williams CollegeB.A., English2016

    Dean’s List

    Varsity, Men’s Crew Team