Monica J. Shilling, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, Monica has been involved in the following transactions:

• ALT Finance Foundation — established by Apollo, Ares and Oaktree — a 10-year, $90 million, industry-first nonprofit focused on developing curriculum, fellowships and scholarships available to students at historically black colleges and universities 
• Ares Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, on its $1 billion initial public offering
• Forest Road Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: FRX), a special purpose acquisition company, on its definitive three-way merger agreement with The Beachbody Company Group, LLC and Myx Fitness Holdings, LLC 
• LiveVox in its merger with Crescent Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company 
• Owl Rock Capital Group in a business combination agreement with Dyal Capital Partners and Altimar Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, to form Blue Owl Capital Inc., an alternative asset management firm
• Linden Capital Partners and its portfolio company The HydraFacial™ Company in the combination with Vesper Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company 
• Ares Capital Corporation in its public and private debt and equity offerings with gross proceeds over $13.6 billion 
• Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. in its acquisition of Alcentra Capital Corporation
• Shamrock Capital in its majority investment in DeCurtis Corporation, a provider of technology software solutions for the hospitality industry
• Neiman Marcus in its acquisition of a minority stake in Fashionphile, an e-commerce resale company focused on ultraluxury handbags and accessories

Prior to joining Kirkland, Monica was involved in the following transactions:

• IPOs and other public and private equity offerings (including PIPEs) by Ares Capital Corporation, Cherokee International Corporation, Jacor Communications, Inc. and Westwood One
• Public and private debt offerings by American Restaurant Group, AmeriQual Group, CNF Transportation, Harbor Freight, Jacor Communications, Key Plastics, Neways International, PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., Phoenix Scientific, Sun Healthcare Group, Telemundo Communications Group and Wynn Resorts
• Acquisitions and dispositions by numerous private equity funds, including funds managed by Apollo Management, Ares Management, The Gores Group, Leonard Green, Oaktree, and Texas Pacific Group
• Ares Capital Corporation’s acquisition of Allied Capital Corporation
• Multiple private investment funds managed by Ares Management in their investment in LyondellBasell Industries N.V. in connection with Lyondell's restructuring of $24.6 billion of indebtedness
• Liberty Media Corporation’s and Sony Pictures Entertainment’s leveraged acquisition of Telemundo Communications Group, Inc. and the subsequent $2.7 billion sale of Telemundo to NBC
• The Milestone Aviation Group, Limited in its up to $500 million financing transaction
• Wynn Resorts’ strategic business alliance with Société des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Étrangers à Monaco (“SBM”), a company that has the exclusive rights to operate casinos in the Principality of Monaco
• Sony Pictures Imageworks’ majority equity investment in FrameFlow, an Indian visual effects and animation studio
• Several acquisitions and dispositions by Family Restaurants, including its merger with Koo Koo Roo and its disposition of a restaurant chain
• Premier Healthcare Services, a multi-state, leading provider of pediatric and adult home nursing services, therapies, and behavioral health benefit administration services, in its sale to Aveanna Healthcare, the preeminent and largest pediatric home health care company in the nation