Jack R. Shirley

Since joining Kirkland, Jack has been involved in the following matters:

• McDermott International, Inc. (“McDermott”), a premier, global upstream and downstream engineering, procurement, construction, and installation company which employs over 42,000 individuals across 54 countries and six continents, in connection with the corporate and M&A aspects of McDermott’s prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring, including McDermott’s $2.725 billion sale of Lummus Technology to The Chatterjee Group and Rhône Group, through a court-supervised auction process.
• Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. in its PIPE investment from L Catterton as part of Norwegian’s multi-tranche financing for aggregate proceeds of up to $2.4 billion.
• Bristow Group Inc. on its all-stock business combination with Era Group Inc. (NYSE:ERA).
• Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners in its $400 million spin-out from Sidewalk Labs and financial commitments from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL).
• Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. and certain subsidiaries (“Aegean”), a leading international marine fuel logistics company with approximately $900 million of funded indebtedness, in connection with the corporate and M&A aspects of Aegean’s Chapter 11 cases filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Aegean operates in more than 20 countries worldwide with headquarters in Athens, Greece. The restructuring, which the court approved on March 26, 2019, and Aegean consummated on April 3, 2019 — within five months of filing — was the sixth-largest public bankruptcy filing of 2018.
• Summit Partners in its acquisition of warrants from Viking Energy Group, Inc. (VKIN) and its subsidiary, Ichor Energy, in connection with Ichor Energy, as borrower, entering into a term loan credit facility with Summit Partners and its affiliates, as lenders.

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

• A consortium led by Mubadala Investment Company in the pending sale of its approximately 60% equity interest in EMI Music Publishing to Sony Corporation of America, in a transaction valued at approximately $4.75 billion.

• Kainos Capital in its acquisition of Olde Thompson, LLC.

• Mars, Incorporated in its acquisition of Pet Partners, a national provider of companion animal veterinary care.

• Tumi Holdings, Inc. in its acquisition by Samsonite International S.A., in a transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion.

• A private company in a post-acquisition business combination of two global confectionery companies.

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