Oliver Yee

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Patient Square, a dedicated health investment firm, on the $4.1 billion acquisition of Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO), a leading dental and animal health distributor. A definitive agreement was announced December 11, 2024, and the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Patterson’s fiscal 2025, subject to the receipt of shareholder approval, regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Under the terms of the agreement, Patterson shareholders will receive $31.35 in cash per share, representing an approximately 49% premium to Patterson’s 30 calendar day volume-weighted average price ending December 4, 2024 (the last trading day prior to Patterson announcing the evaluation of strategic alternatives). Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Maggie Flores, Michael Weisser and Oliver Yee; debt finance lawyers John Ilardo, Jason Kanner and Joel Weinberger; capital markets lawyers Julia Danforth and Sophia Hudson; and tax lawyer Mark Schwed.

Dec 11

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that 200 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective October 1, 2024. Austin Name Practice Area Tanya Jane Embers Debt Finance Kelly King M&A and Private Equity James John Lomeo Intellectual Property Litigation Rachel Malhiet Tax John L. Polansky Intellectual Property Litigation Bay Area Name Practice Area Alistair Blacklock Litigation Michael Brar Investment Funds Psalm Cheung Antitrust & Competition Benjamin J. Jain M&A and Private Equity Todd Melchior Investment Funds Sean O'Connell Investment Funds Seth J. Pritchard Technology & IP Transactions Christopher Simpson Investment Funds Julia Waterhous ESG & Impact Michael White M&A and Private Equity Boston Name Practice Area Elizabeth M. Kelly Litigation Tony Mu Investment Funds William G. Phalen International Trade & National Security Kimberly Snyder M&A and Private Equity Chicago Name Practice Area Sarah K. Angelino Litigation Brian D. Arnfelt M&A and Private Equity Josephine Bae M&A and Private Equity Francesco A. Castaldi M&A and Private Equity Shirley Chan Litigation Alan Chen M&A and Private Equity Rob Dixon M&A and Private Equity Wes Gangi Investment Funds Frankie P. Gregg M&A and Private Equity Gabriela Zamfir Hensley Restructuring Adam M. Janes Intellectual Property Litigation Matthew Kita Debt Finance Jacob A. Klapholz Debt Finance Kelly McGinnis Kluka Healthcare Mike Kraft Litigation Neal Loughery Debt Finance Joshua Morgan Investment Funds Neha Nigam Litigation Caitlin Pyrce Employee Benefits Zoe Quick M&A and Private Equity Jasmina H. Resic Investment Funds Scottie Shermetaro Technology & IP Transactions Chris Stackhouse Litigation Claire Stephens Restructuring Katie J. Welch Litigation Carolyn J. Weltman Litigation Dallas Name Practice Area Jessica Berkowitz M&A and Private Equity John Christian Litigation Alexandra Dayneka-Hayes M&A and Private Equity Matthew Taylor Demopoulos Debt Finance James B. Kelly Debt Finance Ethan Joel Levinton Litigation Thomas Matteson M&A and Private Equity Jordan Rex M&A and Private Equity Skyler Sikes M&A and Private Equity Adam Wojcik M&A and Private Equity Hong Kong Name Practice Area Yawen Li M&A and Private Equity Mavis Sun Restructuring Mack Wan Investment Funds Jiayi Wang M&A and Private Equity Jonathan Yan M&A and Private Equity Leo Zhou M&A and Private Equity Houston Name Practice Area Ahmed N. Alrikhaimi Project Development & Construction Jack Chadderdon M&A and Private Equity Susan Czaikowski Investment Funds Jarrod Hunter Gamble M&A and Private Equity Peter Hyams M&A and Private Equity Grant Jones Litigation Daniel J. Kirksey Debt Finance Rebekah Kostelak Executive Compensation Charles H. Martin Debt Finance Nicole Dressler Martin Tax Brandon A. Newman Executive Compensation Orla O'Callaghan Litigation Danielle O'Neal Litigation Brittany Scheier M&A and Private Equity Gabrielle Sumich M&A and Private Equity Brittany Taylor Debt Finance Jacob Volz M&A and Private Equity Nathan Wolcott Investment Funds Michael Denney Wright Capital Markets London Name Practice Area Michael Akpomiemie Tax AJ Brown Capital Markets Fraser Burlingham Investment Funds Serguei Chevtchenko Capital Markets Gabrielle Chiu Investment Funds Alexander Clarke Investment Funds Fiona Coffee M&A and Private Equity Oliver Cutbill Investment Funds Jack Davies Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Raluca Dumitru Financial Services Regulatory Jef Dupont M&A and Private Equity Jamie Gordon M&A and Private Equity Kristin Hanshaw Investment Funds Alexandra Holden Debt Finance Julian Holland M&A and Private Equity Samantha Jones Antitrust & Competition Rhett McPhie Investment Funds Kunal Nathwani Tax Joseph O'Brien M&A and Private Equity Rohan Sahai Capital Markets Luke Scott Investment Funds Will Seal Restructuring Daniel Stathis Restructuring Yanru Tao Investment Funds Ben Zeris Technology & IP Transactions Los Angeles Name Practice Area Maisie Allison Litigation Elena Babakhanyan Debt Finance Spencer Brass M&A and Private Equity Timothy M. Cory Investment Funds Aura Gilham Investment Funds Nathaniel Edward Haas Litigation Sarkis Haroutunian Real Estate Phillip M. Kim Real Estate Leland Langston Investment Funds Peter Liskanich M&A and Private Equity Ugo Nwasike Investment Funds Joe Porter M&A and Private Equity Christian Rivas Debt Finance Michael J. Shea Investment Funds Philippe Simard M&A and Private Equity Van Whiting Capital Markets Andrew Won Debt Finance Arman Zadeh Investment Funds Miami Name Practice Area Gardner Bell M&A and Private Equity Paige S. Comparato Litigation Ashley Garcia Investment Funds Ngozi J. Nezianya M&A and Private Equity Alex Roggio Investment Funds Munich Name Practice Area Johannes Lappe Restructuring Maximilian Liegl M&A and Private Equity Ann-Kathrin Ziegler Restructuring New York Name Practice Area Marie-Joe Abi-Nassif M&A and Private Equity Nicholas Adzima Restructuring Vinicius A. Beraldo Debt Finance Maria L. Bourdeau Trusts & Estates Travis Bruno Executive Compensation Lisa S. Cha Executive Compensation Bradley Cho Debt Finance Julia Y. Choi Debt Finance Erica D. Clark Restructuring Paige N. Costakos Executive Compensation Ross J. Fiedler Restructuring John Folkerth Investment Funds Gina Park Garcia Real Estate Adamantia Giannakis Real Estate Amanda B. Gottlieb M&A and Private Equity Ethan Green Investment Funds Ashley Grolig Litigation Raghav Gupta Debt Finance Zahraa Hadi M&A and Private Equity Yoonie Han Debt Finance Matthew B. Hershkowitz Intellectual Property Litigation Adam Holzschuh M&A and Private Equity Alee Jamel Tax Anusheh Khoshsima Employment & Labor Esther Kim Investment Funds David B. Kobray Debt Finance Amanda Lamothe-Cadet Litigation Alexander Lazar Investment Funds Sandra Lewitz M&A and Private Equity Dan Li M&A and Private Equity Eric Li M&A and Private Equity Zachary R. Manning Restructuring Sumer Marquette M&A and Private Equity Ashley Martin Debt Finance Callie McBreen Investment Funds Annemarie Mierzejewski Executive Compensation Adam Mohamed Debt Finance Giorgia A. Nagalli M&A and Private Equity Ashlee Newman Investment Funds Patrick O'Connor M&A and Private Equity Abbey Quigley Intellectual Property Litigation Alix Simnock M&A and Private Equity Divya Suwasini Investment Funds Oliver Yee M&A and Private Equity Paris Name Practice Area Louise Chappey Tax Riyadh Name Practice Area Husni Almousli Restructuring Salt Lake City Name Practice Area Robert M. Ahlander Investment Funds Michael Farrell Tax Mike Lehr Litigation Garrett W. Messerly Litigation Jonathan R. Palmer Investment Funds David R. Williams Litigation Washington, D.C. Name Practice Area Chris Brassfield Antitrust & Competition Ashley Cade Intellectual Property Litigation Soowan Julia Choi Litigation Nicole M. Cleminshaw Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Kayla M. Davis Employment & Labor Leah Hamlin Litigation Bradley Jensen Debt Finance William P. Lane Investment Funds Luke P. McGuire Litigation Matthew J. McIntee Intellectual Property Litigation Yaffa A. Meeran Litigation Camille Mott Investment Funds Meredith Pohl Litigation Chad Richards Energy Regulatory James C. Robinson Litigation Lauren Taylor Antitrust & Competition Lany L. Villalobos Executive Compensation Note: For certain partners, admission will take effect when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.

Oct 1

5 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Arsenal Capital Partners and BayPine LP in their acquisition of Poly-Wood, LLC (POLYWOOD). The firms are purchasing POLYWOOD from affiliated investment funds of Oxford Financial Group, Ltd. POLYWOOD is a vertically integrated manufacturer of recycled, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) outdoor living products. The transaction was announced on March 25, 2024. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team representing Arsenal was led by corporate partners Ted Frankel and Colin Zelicof and associates Giorgia Nagalli and Deborah Kotkin; debt finance partner Michelle Kilkenney and associates Matthew Kita and Adam Gilmore; tax partners Mark Schwed and Liam Murphy; executive compensation partners Rob Fowler and Stephen Brecher; real estate partner John Caruso; and investment funds partner Kevin Wessel. The Kirkland team advising BayPine was led by corporate partner Ravi Agarwal and associate Oliver Yee.

Mar 25

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Bansk Group, a private investment firm focused on building distinctive consumer brands, on the successful close of a continuation fund to expand its partnership with Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, a recognized leader and one of the fastest growing platforms in the consumer healthcare market for over-the-counter medicines and premium vitamins and nutritional supplements. The transaction was co-led by Coller Capital and Ares Secondaries Fund, with additional support from investment funds managed by BlackRock, Churchill, Dextra Partners and Future Standard, among other investors. Since Bansk’s initial investment in 2021, Arcadia has implemented several organic growth initiatives and successfully executed two major acquisitions. With this infusion of capital, the Company is well-positioned to accelerate organic and inorganic growth, further enhancing its portfolio and expanding its reach and impact in the consumer healthcare sector. Read the transaction release The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Eric Fischer, Andrew Wright, Ray Xu, Semhar Woldai, Josh Rabinovits, Alex Weinman, Monique Groen, Joseph Salvatore, Ashley Lee, Jack Baumruk, Brian Ferrell, Geraghty Alch, Margaret O’Connor, Albert Yakobashvili and Michael Shields; corporate lawyers Constantine Skarvelis, Oliver Yee and Matthew Brenner; tax lawyers David Grenker, Tim Campany and Claire Oxford; investment funds ERISA lawyer Christine Matott; investment funds regulatory lawyers Scott Moehrke and Peter Gauss; financial services regulatory lawyers Albert Weatherill and Stefan Nesic; and debt finance lawyers Kathryn Leonard, Aditi Iyer, Tony Tsai, Raghav Gupta, Adam Brandy, Ana Rijal and Clare Azzopardi.

Jan 20

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented private equity firm TJC on its acquisition of an 80.1% stake of resins unit Delrin from chemical company DuPont in a transaction that values the business at $1.8 billion. The deal was announced August 21, 2023 and is expected to close around the end of 2023. At the close of the deal, DuPont will receive $1.25 billion in cash and a note receivable of $350 million. Read the press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Andrew Arons and Michael Amalfe and associates Oliver Yee, Deborah Kotkin and Molly Kaleya; debt finance partners Jason Kanner and Andrea Weintraub and associates Conor O’Muiri and Brian Caldwell; tax partners Jared Rusman and Sherry Xie and associate Leah Blake; technology and IP transactions partner Adam Petravicius and associate Rob Patrignani; environmental partners Sara Michaelchuck Webber and Emily Tabak and associates Caitlin Meagher and Katherine McKeen; employee & labor partners R.D. Kohut and Mari Stonebraker and associates Jackson Phinney and Kaitlyn Hodgman; executive compensation partner Michael Krasnovsky and associates Karsten Busby and Michal Galayevich; employee benefits partner Matthew Antinossi and associate Jack Amaro; real estate partner Lanre Williams and associate Gina Garcia and Michael Kenneally; international trade & national security partners Daniel Gerkin and Nick Niles and associate Brad Dumbacher; antitrust & competition partners Peter McCormack, Paula Riedel, Philipp Gnatzy and Shahrzad Sadjadi and associates Chris Salvatore and Juan Donado-Diez.

Aug 21

1 min