Press Release

Kirkland Represents Bristol Myers Squibb on $4.1 Billion Acquisition of Turning Point Therapeutics

Kirkland & Ellis advised Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY), a global biopharmaceutical company, on its acquisition of Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:TPTX), a clinical-stage precision oncology company with a pipeline of investigational medicines designed to target the most common mutations associated with oncogenesis, for $4.1 billion. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022.     

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Jonathan Davis, Steven Li and Daniel Wolf and associate Rebecca Roach, capital markets partner Sophia Hudson, technology & IP transactions partners Lisa Samenfeld and Amber Harezlak, and IP litigation partner Patricia Carson.