Since joining Kirkland, Tobias has been involved in the following matters:
- Vera Whole Health, a portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in its combination with Castlight Health
- Metromile Inc. in its $500 million acquisition by Lemonade, the first combination of publicly traded “Insurtechs”
- NortonLifeLock in its ~$25 billion combination with Avast
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of State Auto Financial Corporation in the $2.3 billion sale of State Auto Financial to Liberty Mutual
Prior to joining Kirkland, Tobias was involved in the following matters:
- LaSalle Hotel Properties in its response to unsolicited public acquisition proposals from Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, leading to its proposed $4.8 billion sale to Blackstone in a “going private” transaction, and subsequent acceptance of topping bid from, and $5.2 billion cash and shares acquisition by, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
- PAREXEL in its $5 billion sale to Pamplona Capital Management in a “going private” transaction
- Carbon Black in its $2.1 billion sale to VMware
- Amplify Snack Brands (the maker of SkinnyPop popcorn) in its $1.6 billion sale to Hershey
- Leaf Group in its $323 million sale to Graham Holdings Company
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of NantKwest in NantKwest’s merger with ImmunityBio
- Control4 in its $680 million sale to SnapAV, a portfolio company of Hellman & Friedman
- Neon Therapeutics in its $97 million sale to BioNTech
- Neos Therapeutics in its all-stock merger with Aytu BioScience
- resTORbio in its “reverse” merger with Adicet Bio, and related contingent value right (CVR)
