Jack R. Shirley

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

• Freestone Acquisition Corp in its proposed $200 million initial public offering. 
• Wyndham Destinations in its acquisition of the Travel + Leisure brand and related assets from Meredith Corporation.
• Pontem Corporation (NYSE: PNTM), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $690 million initial public offering. 
• Maverick Natural Resources in its merger with FourPoint Energy LLC to create Unbridled Resources LLC.  
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) in its $13.1 billion acquisition of MyoKardia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYOK).
• Brookfield Infrastructure in its $6.9 billion joint venture with Blackstone Infrastructure to acquire a 42% stake in Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: CQP).
• McDermott International, Inc. in its $2.725 billion sale of Lummus Technology to The Chatterjee Group and Rhône Group, through a court-supervised auction process as part of McDermott’s prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring.
• Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) 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.
• Summit Partners in its acquisition of warrants from Viking Energy Group, Inc. (OTCQB: VKIN).

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

• A consortium led by Mubadala Investment Company in the $2.3B sale of its 60% equity stake in EMI Music Publishing to Sony Corporation of America.

• 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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