Matthew T. Shiels

Matt has been involved in the following representations:

• ABRY Partners and Inmar Inc. in the sale of Inmar Inc. to OMERS Private Equity
• ABRY Partners in its investment in ADURO
• ABRY Partners, LLC in its sale of Masergy Communications, Inc.
• ABRY Partners, LLC in its acquisition of FLS Transportation
• ABRY Partners and Berkshire Partners in its $1.886 billion sale of Telx to Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
• Advent International in its acquisition of CCC Information Services Inc.
• Anastasia Beverly Hills in its strategic minority investment by TPG Capital
• Apax Partners in its investment in Paycor, a Human Capital Management company
• Bomgar, a leader in secure access solutions, in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo LLC from TA Associates (terms of the deal were undisclosed)
• Brentwood Associates in its acquisition of MD Now Medical Centers
• Brentwood Associates in its acquisition of Jefferson Dental Care from Black Canyon Capital
• Brentwood Associates in its investment in Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza
• Brighton Park Capital in its majority investment in Relatient
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in the $7 billion acquisition of Amylin Pharmaceuticals
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Inhibitex, Inc.
• Burger King in its sale of a stake to Bill Ackman's SPAC and re-IPO
• Clearwire Corporation in its sale of a 50% stake of the company to Sprint Corporation for $2.2 billion
• CoinMarketCap in its sale to Binance
• Conyers Park Acquisition Corp. in its acquisition of Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. to form Simply Good Foods Company
• Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp. in its pending $5.2 billion combination with Advantage Solutions Inc.
• Danaher in the $625 million acquisition of color specialist X-Rite
• Donuts Inc. in its acquisition of Afilias, Inc. 
• Duff & Phelps in its sale to a consortium of private equity sponsors
• Exela Technologies, formerly known as Quinpario Acquisition, in its $2.8 billion combination with SourceHOV and Novitex
• FTV Capital in its growth equity investment in Lean Staffing Solutions 
• Golden Gate Capital in its $2 billion joint acquisition (with Wolverine World Wide Inc. and Blum Capital Partners) of Collective Brands, Inc.
• Greenbriar Equity Group’s $340 million sale of the composite components division of EDAC Technologies Corp. to Meggitt PLC
• Indigo Capital on its sale of Premier Research, a leading middle-market contract research organization, to Metalmark Capital
• IOTA Engineering in its sale to Acuity Brands, Inc.
• loanDepot, Inc., the second largest retail non-bank lender in the United States and leading retail mortgage lender, in its initial public offering. 
• Marlin Equity Partners, in its acquisition of AdvancedMD, a division of ADP and leading provider of cloud-based healthcare solutions for the independent physician practice market
• Palladium Equity Partners, LLC in its sale of the Taco Bueno chain of restaurants, and its acquisitions of TransForce, Inc. and GoodWest Industries.
• Paymetric, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners, in its merger with Vantiv, Inc.
• Solutia, Inc. in its $4.7 billion sale of the company to Eastman Chemical Company
• Swift Transportation in its $6 billion stock-for-stock merger with Knight Transportation
• TZP Group in its strategic investment in Evergent Technologies
• Vestar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Woodsteam Group, Inc.
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its carve-out acquisition of QuickBase, Inc. from Intuit, Inc.
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in the sale of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics to GEODIS
• WideOpenWest in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Knology, Inc.
• Younique LLC in its $600 million sale of a 60% stake to Coty Inc.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Matt was involved in the following representations:

• A leading computer, mobile device and media player company in its acquisition of LuxVue Technology Corporation

• Balfour Beatty PLC in its $1.35 billion sale of its Parsons Brinckerhoff division to WSP Global

• Enterpriod, Inc. in its sale of the company to Google, Inc.

• Grifols SA in its $3.4 billion sale of the company to Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp.

• Sourcefire, Inc. in its $2.7 billion sale of the company to Cisco Systems, Inc.

Representative Private Equity Clients

ABRY Partners; Welsh, Carlson, Anderson & Stowe; TZP Group; Greenbriar Equity Group; Avista Capital Partners; Sentinel Capital Partners; FTV Capital; Lincolnshire Management; Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.; Palladium Equity Partners; Altaris Capital Partners; Marlin Equity Partners; Arlington Capital Partners; Apax Capital Partners; ICV Partners; New Mountain Capital; Irving Place Capital; TriPointe Capital Partners; Golden Gate Capital; Vestar Capital Partners; Francisco Partners; TPG Capital; Brentwood Associates; and Centerview Partners.

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Proskauer Rose LLP