Overview
Joanna Schlingbaum is a partner in the Technology & IP Transactions Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Joanna’s practice focuses on advising clients on a variety of commercial transactions involving intellectual property and technology, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, collaboration agreements, IP licenses, cybersecurity and data privacy, and other strategic commercial contracts. Joanna has experience advising clients in a broad range of industries, including life sciences and pharmaceuticals, healthcare, software and electronics, videogames, gaming and gambling, chemicals, manufacturing, technology, consumer goods, and financial services.
Experience
Representative Matters
Public Company Representations
- Bristol-Myers Squibb in its approximately $74 billion acquisition of Celgene Corporation
- Danaher Corporation in its $21.4 billion acquisition of the biopharma business of General Electric
- GlaxoSmithKline in its sale of its royalty interests in cabozantinib products to Royalty Pharma
- Eli Lilly in its:
- collaboration with Kumquat Biosciences for the discovery and development of new small molecule cancer treatments
- collaboration and license agreements with Quanterix Corporation for the development of immunoassays for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
- license agreement with Aclaris Therapeutics for the treatment of alopecia areata
- Krafton in its acquisition of game development studio Unknown Worlds
- Rush Street Interactive, LP in its $1.7 billion business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc.
- Carvana in its $2.2 billion acquisition of ADESA US, a wholly owned subsidiary of KAR Global
- Carvana in various capital markets transactions, including an exchange offer for up to $1 billion of Carvana’s five tranches of unsecured notes and related transactions
- Huntsman Corporation in multiple transactions including:
- $700 million sale of its textile effects division to Archroma, a portfolio company of SK Partners
- $300 million acquisition of CVC Thermoset Specialties
- $350 million acquisition of Icynene-Lapolla
- $2.1 billion sale of its chemical intermediates and surfactants businesses to Indorama Ventures
- John Bean Technologies (JBT) in the $800 million sale of its AeroTech Business to Oshkosh Corporation
- ABB in the $2.9 billion sale of its mechanical power transmission division to RBC Bearings
- Intelsat in its $400 million carve-out acquisition of the commercial aviation business of Gogo
- Zebra Technologies in its acquisition of Reflexis Systems, Inc.
Private Equity Sponsor Transactions
- Thoma Bravo, a premiere private equity firm investing in software and technology, in its:
- in its definitive agreement to acquire Magnet Forensics Inc., a developer of digital investigation solutions
- take-private of SailPoint Technologies, a cybersecurity company
- strategic investment in Grayshift, a leading provider of digital forensics solutions
- in its minority investment in Intel 471, a provider of cyber threat intelligence for leading enterprises and governments
- The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of British video game studio Jagex
- Silversmith Capital Partners in its:
- substantial investment from Insight Partners for Silversmith’s portfolio company DistroKid, the world’s leading distributor of independent music
- majority growth investment in JetNet
- Nautic Partners in its creation of CarepathRx specialty pharmacy platform, including:
- its acquisition of BioPlus, a specialty pharmacy, and subsequent divestiture of BioPlus to Elevance Health
- its acquisition of ProHealth, a provider of infusion pharmacy management services
- CarepathRx’s add-on of ExactCare, a medication management and home care health provider
- CarepathRx’s acquisition of the management services organization of Chartwell, a subsidiary of UPMC
- BayPine, in partnership with TSG Consumer Partners and existing significant equity-holder West First Management, in the acquisition of Mavis Tire Express Services
- Redwood Capital Investments on its acquisition of the occupational portion of the Work segment of VF Corporation
- KKR-backed Corel Corp. in its acquisition of Ad Remover
- Helios Holdings Limited in its combination with Fairfax Africa Holdings Corporation to create a leading pan-Africa focused listed alternative asset manager
- Cint, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital, in its acquisition of P2Sample
- Nordic Capital Fund IX in its acquisition of a majority holding in Orchid Orthopedic Solutions
- Windjammer Capital Investors on its acquisition of Hermetic Solutions Group, manufacturer of advanced hermetic packaging and components
- TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. in its minority investment in KeHE Distributors, a nationwide food distributor
- The Jordan Company LP in its:
- acquisition of Vyne, a provider of software solutions for secure health information exchange and electronic healthcare communication management
- majority investment in Gladson, which provides a software platform for brands, retailers, and food distributors
- Abry Partners in its:
- strategic investment in U.S. Legal Support, Inc., a provider of litigation support services
- strategic investment in Millennium Trust Company, a provider of technology-enabled retirement services and investment solutions
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP) in its $250 million majority stake investment in Sevana Bioenergy, a developer of large-scale renewable natural gas projects
Prior Experience
Associate, Patent Litigation, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 2015–2018
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Recognition
Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch by Best Lawyers, 2021
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2016, New York
- Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- Columbia Law SchoolJ.D.2015
James Kent Scholar
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Bluebook Editor, Science and Technology Law Review
- University of VirginiaB.A., Political Philosophy, Policy and Lawwith High Distinction2012Dean’s List
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Insights
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