Söla Paterson-Marke is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Söla has experience in cross border M&A and private equity transactions.
Experience
Representative Matters
Söla's representative matters include:
Intelsat in its $400 million acquisition of the commercial aviation business of Gogo.
Accenture in the initial public offering of Duck Creek Technologies, Inc.
Intelsat S.A. and certain of its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Intelsat had approximately $14.7 billion in funded debt as of its Chapter 11 filing and operates the world’s largest satellite fleet and connectivity infrastructure.
Lincolnshire Management in its investment in Powerhouse and two related companies.
TPG Growth and HotSchedules in the sale of HotSchedules to Marlin Equity Partners.
Alvarez & Marsal Capital Partners in connection with the sale of PureStar Linen to Cornell Capital.
Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (DCLI), an EQT Infrastructure portfolio company, in its acquisition of TRAC Intermodal’s domestic chassis fleet.
Swift Transportation in its $6 billion stock-for-stock merger with Knight Transportation.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Söla's representative matters included:
Global media company in its staged cross border acquisition of a European target.
European private equity house on the disposal of a portfolio company to a US buyer.
European private equity house, on the acquisition of a UK food products business.
