Katie M. Sullivan

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

• SK Capital in its acquisition of Apotex, a pharmaceutical company that produces affordable medicines.
• Francisco Partners in its acquisition of Watson Health from IBM.
• Water Street Healthcare Partners in its growth investment in Renovo Solutions.
• Cinven in its acquisition of a minority interest in Bioagilytix.
• Chantecaille Beaute in its approximately $600 million sale to Beiersdorf AG.
• Allergan Aesthetics in its acquisition of Soliton, Inc.
• Healthcare Catalio Acquisition Corp. in its business combination with Hyperfine.
• Bain Capital Private Equity in its $17 billion joint acquisition with Hellman & Friedman of athenahealth.
• Gryphon Investors in its acquisition of Revision Goodier Cosmetics.
• Arsenal Capital Partners in its sale of BioIVT to Linden Capital Partners.
• Alight in its acquisition of Aon Hewitt Health Market Insurance Solutions.
• Nexus Capital Management in its strategic growth investment in Sugarbear.
• Vesey Street Capital Partners in its recapitalization of Safecor Health.
• Underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of LifeStance Health Group, Inc., a portfolio company of TPG Global, LLC.
• Vestar Capital Partners in its equity investment in Friday Health Plans.
• Bain Capital Private Equity in its acquisition of PartsSource from Great Hill.
• Gryphon Investors in its sale of CORA Physical Therapy to an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital.
• Incline Equity Partners in its acquisition of Revival Animal Health.
• GTCR in its acquisition of TachoSil and Surgical Specialties Corporation.
• Bristol Myers Squibb in its acquisition of MyoKardia.
• Madison Dearborn Partners-backed BioFreeze in its sale to Reckitt Benckiser Group.
• EW Healthcare Partners-backed Cognate BioServices in its sale to Charles River Laboratories.
• Thomas H. Lee in its acquisition of Care Hospice.
• Representation of an ad hoc group of noteholders and DIP lenders of Quorum Health Corporation in connection with healthcare regulatory matters related to Quorum’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Bio Plus and creation of CarepathRx specialty pharmacy platform.
• CarepathRx in its partnership with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Chartwell subsidiary.
• Sun Capital in its acquisition of Miami Beach Medical Group.
• Silver Oak Services Partners in its sale of Physical Rehabilitation Network to Gryphon Investors.
• Apax in its minority investment in InnovAge.
• Carlyle in its acquisition of Manna Pro.
• Oaktree in its SPAC offering of HIMS.
• Warburg Pincus in its investment in Quantum Health.
• Radiology Partners on its $885 million acquisition of MEDNAX Radiology Solutions.
• Thomas H. Lee Partners in its acquisition of Seniorlink.
• Madison Dearborn Partners in its take-private of Benefytt.
• Hellman & Friedman in its SPAC offering of MultiPlan.

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

• Negotiate hospital joint venture between multi-state hospital system and integrated managed care provider.
• Represent investor consortium in their acquisition of a leading multistate operator of outpatient dialysis facilities.
• Assist hospital system renegotiation of affiliation agreement with medical school.
• Represent private-equity sponsored portfolio companies in acquisition of physician specialty practices.
• Negotiate single-hospital minority joint venture between leading academic medical center and multi-state non-profit health system.
• Represent strategic growth fund in acquisition of national anesthesia services provider from private equity consortium.
• Represent private equity fund in acquisition of multi-state rehabilitation, personal care home health, and hospice operator from former private equity sponsor.
• Represent medical device company in inversion acquisition of non-U.S. based medical device company.
• Represent multiple private equity funds in separate acquisitions of regional providers of applied behavioral analysis ("ABA") facilities, in-home care, and special education services.