Bradley C. Reed, P.C.
Overview
Bradley Reed is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Bradley represents private equity sponsors and other clients in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and counsels clients on a range of general corporate and securities law matters, including Exchange Act periodic reporting and disclosure issues, corporate governance best practices, Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, Section 16 reporting, fiduciary duties and stock exchange listing requirements. He also represents issuers and sponsors in the United States and abroad with respect to initial public offerings, secondary equity offerings, high yield and investment grade debt offerings, convertible securities offerings and tender and exchange offers.
Experience
Representative Matters
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
- Pending acquisition by Thoma Bravo of RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ: RP), a provider of property management software, for $10 billion
- Pending merger of Stable Road Acquisition Corp. with Momentus Inc.
- Pending business combination of Oaktree Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management, with Hims, Inc.
- Sale of Compuware Software Group, a provider of mainframe software solutions
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Sophos, a provider of next-generation cybersecurity, for $3.9 billion
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Instructure (NYSE: INST), a provider of learning management systems, for $2 billion
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Aucerna, a provider of software solutions to the energy industry for integrated planning, execution and reserves
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Veracode Software, a provider of application security testing, for $950 million
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Imperva (NASDAQ: IMPV), a provider of cybersecurity solutions, for $2.1 billion
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Quorum Business Solutions, a provider of cloud-based oil and gas software
- Acquisition by Qlik Technologies, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, of Attunity (NASDAQ: ATTU), a provider of data integration and management solutions, for $560 million
- Sale of SRS Software, a provider of EHR software
- Sale of Mediware Information Systems, a provider of software for healthcare and human services providers
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Barracuda Networks, Inc., a provider of security and data protection solutions, for $1.6 billion
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of ABC Financial, LLC, a provider of health club and gym membership software
- Sale by Thoma Bravo of Sparta Systems, Inc., a provider of quality management system software, Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC, a healthcare data automation company, and Mediware Information Systems, a provider of software solutions to the healthcare industry
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Trader Corporation, a provider of products, solutions and services for auto dealers in Canada, for C$1.6 billion
- Acquisition by U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) of New Birmingham, Inc. for $100 million and Sandbox Enterprises, LLC for $220 million
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Qlik Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLIK), a provider of business intelligence solutions, for $3.0 billion
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Imprivata (NYSE: IMPR), the healthcare IT security company, in a transaction valued at $544 million
- Sale of The Waddington Group, a major global packaging manufacturer and marketer primarily serving the food service and retail industry, by Olympus Partners
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD), a leader in application performance infrastructure, for approximately $3.5 billion
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR), a provider mainframe maintenance solutions, for approximately $2.4 billion
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC, a provider of supply chain and inventory software solutions to the healthcare industry
- Sale of Entrust, Inc., a provider of security and encryption software for enterprises and governments, by Thoma Bravo
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Keynote Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: KEYN), a provider of mobile and Web cloud testing and monitoring services, for $400 million
- Acquisition by Waddington North America, Inc. of Par-Pak, a designer and manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of SRS Software, LLC, a leader in productivity-enhancing electronic health record technology and services for physicians
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDW), a provider of specialized technology solutions for health care, for approximately $200 million
- Acquisition by Olympus Partners of Centerplate, Inc., one of the largest hospitality companies in the world, including the largest food service provider for the NFL and a major provider to professional baseball
- Acquisition by Olympus Partners of Waddington North America, Inc., a manufacturer of disposable drinkware, dinnerware, servingware, cutlery and custom packaging
- Sale by Metalmark Capital and Waud Capital of a majority interest in Maxum Petroleum, Inc., a leading energy logistics company, to Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel centers and travel plazas in North America
- Acquisition by Plato Learning, Inc., a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, of Archipelago Learning, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCL), a subscription-based, software-as-a-service provider of education products, for $300 million
- Sale of SonicWALL, Inc., a leader in advanced network security and data protection
- Acquisition by Linden Capital Partners of SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRLS), a provider of products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, for $82 million
- Acquisition by Thoma Bravo of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCSI), a provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, for $1.3 billion
- Sale by Thoma Bravo of Manatron Holdings, Inc., a provider of property tax systems and services for state and local governments
Capital Markets
- Thoma Bravo in the initial public offering of Dynatrace (NYSE: DT)
- Thoma Bravo and Silver Lake Partners in the initial public offering of SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI)
- CDW Corporation (NASDAQ: CDW) in its initial public offering and numerous bond offerings
- Thoma Bravo in the initial public offering of SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.
- Bain Capital and Diversey Brands in its offering of €450.0 million of senior notes
- Ichor Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ICHR) in connection with its $60 million initial public offering of ordinary shares, and Francisco Partners in subsequent secondary offerings
- Thoma Bravo and Riverbed Technology, Inc. in Riverbed’s offering of $525,000,000 of senior notes
- TerraForm Power, Inc. (NASDAQ: TERP) in connection with its $530,000,000 initial public offering of Class A common stock and concurrent private placements
- SunEdison Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ: SEMI), a Singapore company, in connection with its $100,000,000 initial public offering of ordinary shares and concurrent private placements
- Bain Capital in connection with the initial public offering of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.
- Sensata Technologies B.V. in numerous bond offerings
- Clearwire Communications LLC in its offering of $2,800,000,000 of first-priority senior secured notes, $500,000,000 of second-priority secured notes and $650,000,000 of exchangeable notes
- R&R Ice Cream plc in its offering of €350,000,000 of senior secured notes
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in its tender offer for $750,000,000 of debt securities
- Nordenia Holdings GmbH in its offering of €280,000,000 of senior second priority notes
- Sensata Technologies PLC (NYSE: ST) in connection with its initial public offering
- Smurfit Kappa Group in its offering of €500,000,000 of senior secured notes
Prior Experience
Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI), Loyola University Chicago School of Law Business Law Center Clinic, Fellow, 2007
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2007Illinois
Education
- Vanderbilt Law SchoolJ.D.2007
Order of the Coif
Authorities Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Vanderbilt Law School and Owen School of Management Law & Business Certificate
- Loyola University ChicagoB.B.A., Finance & Economicsmagna cum laude2004