Eric N. St. Bernard is a corporate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on representing public and private companies and private equity funds and their portfolio companies on complex public and private mergers and acquisitions, business combinations involving SPACs, and debt finance transactions.
Experience
Representative Matters
Private Equity Representation
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its acquisition of EquiLend, a technology, data and analytics company for the securities finance industry.
Vervent Inc., a portfolio company of Stone Point Capital, in its acquisition of Total Card Solutions, a significant player in the credit card industry for over 20 years.
Vervent Inc., a portfolio company of Stone Point Capital, in its acquisition of First Equity Card Corporation, one of the nation’s leading providers of bankcard solutions for building or re-building credit.
Centerview Capital in the sale of Ole Smoky Distillery to Apax Partners.
Public Company Representation
Ruth's Hospitality Group (NASDAQ: RUTH), a fine dining steakhouse company, in its $715 million sale to Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI).
Accenture in its $1+ billion acquisition of Novetta, Inc., its largest-ever acquisition.
Special Committee of Safehold in its merger with iStar and spinoff of iStar assets.
Polestar in its $20 billion combination with Gores Guggenheim Inc. (NASDAQ: GGPI), a special purpose acquisition company.
Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP, 2019
Summer Associate, Arnold & Porter LLP, 2018 & 2019
Adobe Corporation, 2018
Oracle Corporation, 2015–2017
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Recognition
Posse Scholar
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2021New York
Education
Howard University School of LawJ.D.2020
Editor-in-Chief, Howard Human and Civil Rights Law Review
DePauw UniversityB.A., Communications & English Literature2015
