Overview
Justin Prindle is a corporate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on advising public companies and private equity sponsors, as well as their portfolio companies, in a variety of transactions, including complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, divestitures and asset sales, equity offerings, securities matters, business combinations and IPOs involving SPACs.
Justin also counsels clients with respect to general corporate matters, and advises public companies and their boards on corporate governance, shareholder activism and hostile takeover response and preparedness, and investor engagement.
Experience
Representative Matters
Select Strategic / Public Company M&A Matters
- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan.
- Allwyn Entertainment in its proposed $9.3 billion combination agreement with Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp.
- Atlas Crest Investment Corp (NYSE: ACICU) in its $1.7 billion combination with Archer Aviation.
- Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) on its $550 million acquisition of TAC Acquisition Corp., a portfolio company of Castle Harlan Inc.'s fund, Castle Harlan Partners V, L.P.
- Disney (NYSE: DIS) in connection with ESPN's strategic partnership with the XFL.
- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) in connection with Lilly’s acquisition of a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, Versanis Bio, Inc, for up to $1.925 billion in cash.
- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) in connection with Lilly’s divestiture of BAQSIMI, the first and only nasally administered glucagon product for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia in people with diabetes, to Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMPH) for up to $1.075 billion.
- KRAFTON, Inc. (XKRX: 259960), a collective of independent game development studios responsible for entertainment properties such as PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, on its acquisition of Unknown Worlds, a game development studio and the creators of Subnautica.
- Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: MAAC.U) in its $7.3 billion business combination with Roivant Sciences.
- Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) (Nasdaq: SHEN) on its sale of Shentel’s wireless assets and related rights to T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMUS) for $1.95 billion in cash.
- Universal Music Group (UMG:AEX), the world-leader in music-based entertainment, on its pending acquisition of a 25.8% interest in Chord Music Partners for $240 million, in a deal that values Chord at $1.85 billion. Chord’s portfolio includes works from many of the world’s most iconic artists and songwriters, including The Weeknd, Ryan Tedder/OneRepublic, David Guetta, Lorde, Kid Cudi, Diplo, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Ellie Goulding, ZZ Top, John Legend, Twenty One Pilots and many more.
- Verizon (NYSE: VZ) in its $5 billion sale of Verizon Media, including Yahoo and AOL, to funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Select Private M&A / Private Equity Matters
- 26North Partners in its acquisition of ArchKey Solutions, a provider of electrical, technological and specialist systems to enterprise customers nationwide.
- Alight Solutions in its $7.8 billion merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp (NYSE: FTAC).
- BC Partners on the sale of a minority stake in PetSmart to asset manager Apollo.
- GLP in the $18.7 billion sale of its U.S. logistics business to Blackstone, the largest-ever private real estate transaction globally.
- Greenbriar Equity Group in its acquisition of Applied Aerospace Structure Corporation.
- Greenbriar Equity Group in its sale of Arotech Corporation.
- Greenbriar Equity Group in its sale of STS Aviation Group.
- L Catterton in its investment in AmaWaterways.
- L Catterton and its portfolio company, LTP Home Services Group, on their add-on acquisition of Acree Plumbing, Air & Electric.
- L Catterton and its portfolio company, Real Truck (f/k/a Truck Hero), on their add-on of IDDEA.
- Funds advised by Triton on their agreement to acquire the security and communications technology product business from Bosch Group.
- A leading private equity sponsor in connection with its acquisition of a neonatal healthcare company.
- A leading private equity sponsor in connection with its acquisition of an ignition interlock device company.
- A leading private equity sponsor and its portfolio company in connection with the divestiture of a multi-channel spa and consumer cosmetic product company.
Select Capital Markets / Debt Finance Matters
- The placement agents in the $335 million common equity private placement of Apollo Strategic Growth Capital in connection with its $5.3 billion combination with American Express Global Business Travel, the world’s leading B2B travel platform.
- Funds advised by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. in connection with its acquisition of American Bath Group, LLC, including ABG’s offering of $510 million of unsecured high-yield notes.
- Motive Capital Corp in its $360 million initial public offering.
- A leading plus-size women’s fashion retailer in a $260 million senior secured term loan facility to support corporate refinancing.
Clerk & Government Experience
Honors Legal ExternUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Investment Management, Disclosure Review and Accounting Office2018
Prior Experience
Secondment, Corporate Secretary’s Office, Eli Lilly and Company, Dec. 2021 – Mar. 2022
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2019
Summer Associate, Fidelity Investments, Legal Department, 2018
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2021New York
Education
- Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.cum laude2020
Global Law Scholar
Senior Editor, Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 51
- Boston CollegeB.A., Honors Political Science & Philosophysumma cum laude2017John Marshall Undergraduate Research Fellow for Political Science