Xin Florence Zhang

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

• Act III Holdings (U.S.) in its $70 million investment in BJ's Restaurants (U.S.), along with funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates (U.S.)
• American Express (U.S.) in the sale of its JetBlue Airways (U.S.) co-branded credit card portfolio to Barclays Bank Delaware (U.S.)
• AT&T (U.S.) in its sale of its U.S. video business unit with an enterprise value of $16.25 billion to TPG Capital (U.S.)
• Bright House Networks (U.S.) in the $80 billion three-way combination with Charter Communications (U.S.) and Time Warner Cable (U.S.)
• Cheniere Energy (U.S.) and its Board of Directors in connection with the appointment of Jack A. Fusco as president and chief executive officer, of Cheniere
• A consortium led by China Three Gorges, including Hubei Energy Group (China), ACE Investment Fund (Cayman Islands) and CNIC Corporation (Hong Kong), in the $1.39 billion acquisition of Empresa de Generación Huallaga (Peru) from Odebrecht Energia del Perú (Peru) and Odebrecht Energía (Brazil)
• Columbia Pipeline Group (U.S.) in its $13 billion acquisition by TransCanada
• Diageo (U.K.) in its $610 million acquisition of Aviation American Gin (U.S.) through the acquisition of Aviation Gin (U.S.) and Davos Brands (U.S.) (2020) and $550 million sale of nineteen brands to Sazerac (U.S.)
• Empire Company (U.S.) in connection with the acquisition by its subsidiary, Sobeys (U.S.), of substantially all the assets of Safeway's (U.S.) Canadian subsidiary
• GGP (U.S.) in its $28 billion acquisition by Brookfield Property Partners (Bermuda)
• Industrious National Management (U.S.) in the sale of 40% of its interest to CBRE Group (U.S.) for approximately $200 million and the transfer of CBRE's flexible-space solutions offering, Hana (U.S.)
• Intercontinental Exchange (U.S.) in its $5.2 billion acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation (U.S.)
• NetScout Systems (U.S.) in its acquisition of Gigavation (U.S.)
• NorthStar Asset Management Group (U.S.) in its $6 billion merger of equals with Colony Capital (U.S.) and NorthStar Realty Finance (U.S.), creating a world-class, internally-managed, diversified real estate and investment management platform
• NorthStar Realty Europe (U.S.) in its $860 million acquisition by AXA Investment Managers (France)
• Sempra Energy (U.S.) in its cooperation agreement with affiliates of Elliott Management (U.S.) and Bluescape Energy Partners (U.S.)
• Sprout Pharmaceuticals (U.S.) in its $1 billion acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (Canada)
• Tillman Infrastructure (U.S.) in connection with UBS Asset Management's (Switzerland) strategic minority investment in Tillman