Andris Rimsa

Since joining Kirkland, Andris has worked on the following matters:

• Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Sapphire Gas Solutions from Apollo Funds
• Bain Capital-backed Rocket Software on the acquisition of Vertica Analytics database platform from OpenText
• PCMI on the acquisition of the enterprise solutions business unit of StoneEagle
• Kellanova on gaining approval from European Commission and the close of a $36 billion sale to Mars
• Clearlake Capital on the acquisition of Pathway Capital Management
• Windjammer Capital on the acquisition of PDU Cables and EPCO
• OrthoLite on the sale to Coats Group
• Hilco on the sale of a majority stake to ORIX USA
• Macquarie Asset Management on the sale of Macquarie Rotorcraft Limited to Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing and LCI Investment
• Blackstone Credit & Insurance on the investment in ITE Management
• Amcor on $37 billion merger with Berry Global

Prior to joining Kirkland, Andris has worked on the following matters:

• IBM in its €2.13 billion acquisition of StreamSets and webMethods and $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat
• Broadcom on the EU and merger remedy aspects of its $61 billion acquisition of VMware
• NVIDIA in its proposed $40 billion acquisition of Arm Limited
• Google in numerous transactions, including in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit and its $5.4 billion acquisition of Mandiant
• The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in its dispute with EuroLeague Basketball over the organization of European basketball competitions
• Tronox in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Cristal
• Lundbeck in the EU Commission’s investigation and before the EU Court of Justice concerning the EU Commission’s first decision concerning reverse payment patent settlement agreements in the pharmaceutical industry
• Marine Harvest in an appeal before the EU Court of Justice against the EU Commission’s €20 million fine for an alleged breach of the notification and standstill obligations in the EU Merger Regulation in respect of its acquisition of Morpol
• Reverta in connection with State aid advice concerning the restructuring of its subordinated debt
• Sony Corporation of America in its acquisition of the 50 percent interest in Sony/ATV held by the Estate of Michael Jackson
• The International Olympic Committee in the EU Commission’s proceedings concerning the International Skating Union’s eligibility rules

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

• Counsel, 2022–2024 
• Associate, 2012–2021