Sehj Vather, P.C.
Partner
Tax
Overview
Sehj Vather is a tax partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Sehj has extensive experience in both public and private transactions, and handles a wide range of matters focusing on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and spin-offs, both domestic and cross-border. Sehj also advises clients on the tax aspects of securities issuances, bankruptcy and restructuring, and investment funds. Sehj has been recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. for his work in International Tax and U.S. Taxes.
Experience
Representative Matters
Public Company Highlights
- AbbVie in its $30 billion acquisition of Pharmacyclics
- Actelion in its $30 billion sale to Johnson & Johnson
- Alight in its $7.3 billion merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp
- Alight in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Aon’s retiree exchange business
- AllianceBernstein in its $3 billion acquisition of Ramius Alternative Solutions
- BB&T in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Susquehanna Bank
- Cadence Bancorporation in its $1.4 billion acquisition of State Bank
- Cardinal Health in its $2 billion acquisition of Johnson & Johnson’s global Cordis business
- Carlisle Companies in its $2 billion sale of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies to Amphenol
- Compass in its $10 billion merger with Anywhere Real Estate
- Delphi Technologies PLC in its $3.3 billion sale to BorgWarner Inc
- Dufry in its $1.7 billion acquisition of The Nuance Group
- Ferguson plc in its corporate restructuring and redomiciliation to the United States
- Gramercy Property Trust in its $7.6 billion sale to Blackstone
- Haynes International in its $970 million sale to North American Stainless
- Infineon Technologies AG in its $10.1 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
- Lionsgate in its $4.4 billion acquisition of Starz
- Mako Surgical in its $1.6 billion sale to Stryker
- Perficient, Inc. in its $3 billion sale to EQT
- Perrigo in the $2.8 billion sale of its Tysabri royalty stream to Royalty Pharma
- Potbelly in its $566 million sale to RaceTrac
- Steris in its $1.9 billion merger with Synergy Health
- Tesla in its acquisition of Grohmann Engineering
- The Vitamin Shoppe in its sale to Franchise Group Inc
- Tim Hortons in its $11.4 billion sale to Burger King
- T-Mobile in its $146 billion merger with Sprint
- Verizon in its $130 billion buyout of Vodafone’s interest in Verizon Wireless
- Warner Bros. Discovery in its $37 billion liability management transaction and $17 billion secured bridge facility
- Walgreens in its $23 billion sale to Sycamore
- Washington Prime Group in its $4.3 billion acquisition of Glimcher Realty
- XPO Logistics in its $3 billion acquisition of Con-way
Private Company Highlights
- Advent in its 70% acquisition of Reckitt’s Essential Home portfolio ($4.8 billion value)
- Advent in its $6.3 billion acquisition of Nuvei Corp
- Advent in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Sapiens International
- Advent – Ultra Electronics in its sale of Forensic Technologies
- Advent – Zentiva’s €2 billion debt restructuring
- Apollo in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Chuck E. Cheese’s
- Apollo in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Presidio
- Apollo in its $5.1 billion acquisition of West Corporation
- EIG Global – Rosehill Resources Inc. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Equinox in Silver Lake’s private equity investment
- KKR – Calabrio in its acquisitions of Calypso and Teleopti
- KKR in its $1.4 billion convertible equity investment in NextEra renewable energy projects
- KKR in its $900 million convertible equity investment in NextEra wind and solar infrastructure
- KKR in its acquisition of Corel Corp
- Onex Partners – Stone Point Capital and CPPIB’s majority investment in OneDigital ($7 billion value)
- Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Silver Lake in their $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts
- The Jordan Company in iNRCORE’s recapitalization with Warburg Pincus
- The Jordan Company in its acquisition of Simpleview
- The Jordan Company in its acquisition of USALCO from H.I.G. Capital
- THL Partners – combination of Fortna and MHS, and partial sale to ADIA
- THL Partners – Goldman Sachs’ preferred investment in Auction.com
- THL Partners in AmeriLife Group’s continuation vehicle transaction with ICG and partial sale to Genstar
- THL Partners in its $1.4 billion sale of Nextech
- THL Partners in its $2.8 billion partial sale of Autostore to Softbank
- THL Partners in its $3 billion carveout acquisition of Brooks Automation from Azenta
- THL Partners in its acquisition of AbacusNext
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Adare Pharma Solutions with Frazier Healthcare Partners
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Bazaarvoice
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Bynder
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Carpe Data
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Hexure (formerly Insurance Technologies)
- THL Partners in its recapitalization of Hightower and Hightower’s majority investment in NEPC
- THL Partners in its acquisition of House of Design
- THL Partners in its acquisition of inRiver AB
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Odessa
- THL Partners in its majority investment in Red Nucleus
- THL Partners in its investment in Smile Doctors
- THL Partners in its majority investment in YA Group
- Welsh Carson in its acquisition of GovernmentCIO
- Welsh Carson in its acquisition of Green Street Advisors from Golden Gate Capital
- Welsh Carson in its sale of Green Street Advisors
- Welsh Carson in its sale of Intoxalock
Spin-Offs
- Actelion in its Swiss demerger of Idorsia
- CNX Resources in its spin-off of CONSOL Energy
- ServiceMaster in its spin-off of FrontDoor
- Simon Property Group in its spin-off of Washington Prime Group
- Ventas in its spin-off of Care Capital Properties
- Warner Bros. Discovery in its announced separation into two publicly traded companies
- W.R. Grace in its spin-off of GCP Applied Technologies
Prior Experience
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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Recognition
Recognized in The Legal 500 United States for International Tax and US Taxes
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2012New York
- 2021Texas
- 2008New Zealand
Education
- Stanford Law SchoolLL.M.2011
- University of AucklandLL.B.with Honors2008
- University of AucklandB.Com., Accounting2008
News &
Insights
Kirkland Advises Investor Consortium on Agreement to Acquire EA in Largest Take-Private in History