Aaron Michael Schleicher

Since joining the Firm, Aaron has been involved in the following matters: 

• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp II, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.3 billion business combination with Cerevel Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded by Bain Capital and Pfizer Inc., and concurrent $320 million common equity private placement 
• One Equity Partners, a private equity firm, in its $190 million investment in convertible preferred securities of Adapt Health Corp., a leading provider of home medical equipment, supplies and related services
• Equity Distribution Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Equity Distribution Sponsor LLC, an affiliate of Equity Group Investments, in its $414 million initial public offering of units
• Executive Network Partnering Corporation, a special purpose acquisition vehicle sponsored by ENPC Holdings, LLC, in its $414 million initial public offering
• Genius Sports Limited, a sports data and technology company, in its $1.5 billion business combination with special purpose acquisition vehicle dMY Technology Group, Inc. II, and its subsequent primary and secondary offering of ordinary shares for aggregate proceeds of $418 million
• Tailwind Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its proposed $1.4 billion business combination with QOMPLX, Inc., a leader in cloud-native risk analytics, and concurrent (and proposed) $180 million common equity private placement
• Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. in its issuance of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2028 (and corresponding redemption in full of its outstanding 6.125% senior notes due 2021 and 5.125% senior notes due 2022)
• Tailwind International Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle, in its $345 million initial public offering
• Ferguson plc, the world’s leading value added distributor of plumbing and heating products, in its secondary listing of ordinary shares on the NYSE
• The underwriters in the $150 million initial public offering by Software Acquisition Group Inc. II, a special purpose acquisition company
• Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle, in its $345 million initial public offering

Prior to joining Kirkland, Aaron was involved in the following matters:

• Columbia Pipeline Partners LP in its $1.2 billion initial public offering of common units (the then-largest midstream ‘master limited partnership’ IPO in U.S. history) 
• Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC in its $1.4 billion investment grade offering of senior notes
• Rosehill Resources Inc. in its $150 million private placement of preferred stock to funds affiliated with EIG Global Energy Partners
• Talos Energy, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management and Riverstone Holdings, in its $2.5 billion combination with Stone Energy, creating an offshore-focused E&P company
• Spark Energy Inc. in its $54 million initial public offering of common stock
• CA, Inc. in its $800 million investment grade offering of senior notes
• An open-ended hedge fund in its $50 million investment in common stock of a privately held REIT
• Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. in its $728 million initial public offering of common stock
• Columbia Pipeline Group in its $1.4 billion follow-on offering of common stock