Chadé Severin is an M&A partner in the Boston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Chadé’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions for public and private companies primarily in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and technology industries. She has advised boards of directors on many transactions involving controlling stakeholders, both on behalf of the controlled company and the controller. She was named as a winner in the New Leaders in the Law category of the 2024 New England Legal Awards, and also as a Rising Star in Life Sciences in 2021 by Law360.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Chadé has been involved in the following representations:
Apogee Therapeutics in its pending sale to AbbVie for approximately $10.9 billion
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals in its pending sale to Angelini Pharma for $4.1 billion
KalVista Pharmaceuticals in its sale to Chiesi for $1.9 billion
Amicus Therapeutics in its $4.8 billion sale to BioMarin
Akero Therapeutics in its sale to Novo Nordisk for up to $5.2 billion
Prior to joining Kirkland, Chadé was involved in the following representations:
SiteOne Therapeutics in its acquisition by Eli Lilly for up to $1 billion
AspenTech in its $11 billion combination with the industrial software business of Emerson Electric and the special committee in its subsequent $7.2 billion sale to Emerson of all shares of AspenTech not already owned by Emerson
Ambrx Biopharma in its $2 billion acquisition by Johnson & Johnson
POINT Biopharma in its $1.4 billion acquisition by Eli Lilly
Adtalem Global Education in the $1 billion sale of its financial services segment to a consortium of Wendel Group and Colibri Group
Strongbridge Biopharma in its sale to Xeris Pharmaceuticals for $267 million
Pandion Therapeutics in its sale to Merck & Co. for $1.85 billion
Stemline Therapeutics in its sale to Menarini Group for up to $677 million
Gilead Sciences in its $4.9 billion acquisition of Forty Seven
ArQule in its sale to Merck for $2.7 billion
Carbonite in its sale to OpenText for $1.42 billion
Achillion in its sale to Alexion for up to $1.225 billion
Alder BioPharmaceuticals in its sale to Lundbeck for up to $1.95 billion
Array BioPharma in its $11.4 billion sale to Pfizer
Carbonite in its $618.5 million acquisition of Webroot
Juno Therapeutics in its $9 billion acquisition by Celgene
Ultragenyx in its successful topping bid for Dimension Therapeutics
Gilead Sciences in its $11.9 billion acquisition of Kite Pharma
Prior Experience
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Recognition
Recognized in The Legal 500 United States for Shareholder Activism: Advice to Boards in 2026
Named a winner in the “New Leaders in the Law” category of the New England Legal Awards in 2024
Named among Law360’s list of “Rising Stars” in 2021