Dennis Williams

Below is sample of the transactions in which Dennis has been involved since joining Kirkland:

• TA Associates in its significant growth investment in Alpha II
• Owens & Minor, Inc. in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Apria, Inc. 
• Bristol Myers Squibb in its $13.1 billion acquisition of MyoKardia
• The Carlyle Group in its sale of Newport Academy
• KKR in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Therapy Brands
• Nordic Capital in its $1.2 billion acquisition of United Veterinary Care
• Nordic Capital-led consortium in its $7.3 billion acquisition of Inovalon
• Oaktree Acquisition Corp. in its $1.6 billion combination with Hims, Inc.
• Pamplona Capital Management in its $8.5 billion sale of portfolio company, Parexel, to EQT Partners and Goldman Sachs
• Thomas H. Lee in its acquisition of Care Hospice, Inc.
• Trilantic North America, along with Cornell Capital, in the acquisition and combination of Trustaff Management and Stella.ai to create a healthcare staffing platform
• Vestar Capital in its investment in Friday Health Plans
• BC Partner in its $900 million investment in Women’s Care Enterprises 
• Francisco Partners-backed Capsule Technologies in its sale to Royal Philips 
• Francisco Partners and its portfolio company RedSail Technologies, LLC in its acquisition of PioneerRx, LLC 
• MultiPlan, Inc., a portfolio company of Hellman & Friedman, in its $11 billion combination with Churchill Capital Corp III
• TA Associates and Francisco Partners in their significant growth investment in Edifecs, Inc.
• Peak Rock Capital and Paragon Healthcare, Inc. in Peak Rock’s acquisition of Paragon
• Francisco Partners and its portfolio company eSolutions in its sale of eSolutions to Waystar
• One Equity Partners in its acquisition of American Medical Technologies
• Radiology Partners in its $885 million acquisition of MEDNAX Radiology Solutions
• Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC in its acquisition of Benefytt Technologies, Inc.
• Oaktree Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management, in its $1.6 billion business combination with Hims, Inc.
• Gryphon Investors in its acquisition of Heartland Veterinary Partners
• L1 Health in its acquisition of Destination Pet Holdings
• BioClinica in its sale of its clinical research site business to Accelerated Enrollment Solutions, a division of Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC
• FastMed Holdings I, LLC and certain of its affiliates (“FastMed”) in their deleveraging transaction. FastMed is a privately owned operator of over 100 urgent care clinics in Arizona, North Carolina, and Texas. The transaction resulted in the consensual equitization of approximately $80 million in funded debt and the paydown of approximately $148 million in secured debt
• Starr Investment Holdings, LLC in its $700 million investment in Radiology Partners
• AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan 
• eSolutions, Inc., a portfolio company of Francisco Partners, in its acquisition of Practice Insight, LLC
• An EQT-led consortium on the CHF 10.2 billion exclusive negotiations to acquire Nestlé Skin Health
• Vista Equity Partners in its acquisition of PlanSource

• Civitas Solutions in its sale to Centerbridge Partners

• Nordic Capital in its acquisition of Orchid Orthopedic Solutions

• Danaher in its acquisition of GE Life Sciences

• Abry Partners in its acquisition of Anju Software
• GlaxoSmithKline in its joint venture with Pfizer to combine their consumer health businesses
• Gryphon Investors in its acquisition of LEARN Behavioral from LLR Partners
• Waud Capital Partners in its acquisition of Apotheco Pharmacy
• Clayton Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of Sirius Computer Solutions
• Francisco Partners in its acquisition of Qualcomm Life
• TA Associates in its investment in Behavioral Health Works
• TA Associates in its investment, alongside GI Partners, in Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
• Specialty Retail Shops Holding Corp. and its subsidiaries (“Shopko”) in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska
• RiverGlade Capital in its partnership with Kids Care Dental & Orthodontics
• Waud Capital in its acquisition of Texas Digestive Disease Consultants
• Vista Equity Partners in its acquisition of Alegeus from Lightyear Capital
• HealthChannels in its acquisition of PhysAssist Medical Scribes from TeamHealth
• Lithium Technologies in its merger with Spredfast to create the industry's most comprehensive customer engagement platform
• RevSpring, a portfolio company of GTCR, in its acquisition of Apex Revenue Technologies from WestView Capital Partners
• Kinderhook Industries-backed GlobalHealth in their partnership with Evolent Health to form True Health
• RLDatix, backed by TA Associates and Five Arrows Principal Investments / Five Arrows Capital Partners, in its acquisition of iContracts
• THL Partners in its acquisition of Nextech

Before joining Kirkland, Dennis was a partner at DLA Piper.