Kristen B. Klein

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Alibaba investment in Lazada ($2 billion)
• AMC Networks going private acquisition of RLJ Entertainment
• Anika Therapeutics acquisitions of Arthrosurface and Parcus Medical
• AT&T sale of Vrio to Grupo Werthein, spin-off of DirecTV ($16 billion) and spin-off of WarnerMedia
• Axon acquisition of Dedrone
• B. Riley Financial acquisitions of FocalPoint Securities ($175 million) and National Holdings
• Baxter International acquisition of Hillrom ($12.4 billion)
• Bayer sale of animal health business ($6.9 billion), acquisition of Monsanto ($66 billion) and sale of crop science assets to BASF ($9 billion)

• Boeing pending acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems ($8.3 billion)
• BP acquisition of TravelCenters of America ($1.3 billion)
• Byline Bancorp acquisition of Oak Park River Forest Bankshares ($42 million)
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquisition of Parkway, Inc. ($1.2 billion)
• Diageo acquisition of Aviation American Gin through the acquisition of Aviation Gin and Davos Brands ($610 million)
• DS Smith acquisition of Interstate Resources ($920 million)
• Gildan Activewear acquisition of Phoenix Sanford ($168 million)
• Great-West Lifeco sale of Putnam Investments to Franklin Resources ($1.7–1.8 billion)
• Hyzon Motors business combination with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation ($2.1 billion)
• Joe Tsai acquisition of full ownership of Barclays Center and a 51% controlling interest in the Brooklyn Nets from Mikhail Prokhorov
• L3Harris Technologies in its acquisition of Viasat’s Tactical Data Links product line ($1.96 billion)
• Merck KGaA acquisition of Versum Materials ($6.4 billion)
• NorthStar Asset Management Group merger of equals with DigitalBridge Group and NorthStar Realty Finance ($6 billion)
• Northern Data sale of Whinstone to Riot Blockchain ($406 million)
• PacWest Bancorp merger with Banc of California and acquisition of CU Bancorp ($705 million)
• ProSight Global acquisition by TowerBrook Capital Partners and Further Global Capital Management ($586 million)
• Recruit Holdings acquisition of Glassdoor ($1.2 billion)
• Rhône Capital acquisition of Zodiac Pool Holding from the Carlyle Group ($1.2 billion) and subsequent merger of Zodiac with Fluidra
• Rhône Capital and Baker & Baker Group (formerly CSM Bakery Solutions) sale of Brill Inc. to Rise Baking Company
• Ruckus Wireless acquisition by Brocade ($1.5 billion)
• Scottrade Financial Services acquisition by TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation and The Toronto-Dominion Bank ($4 billion)
• Syntel acquisition by Atos ($3.57 billion)
• Tadano pending acquisition of Manitex International ($123 million)
• Terumo Corporation acquisition of certain products from Abbott Laboratories and St. Jude Medical ($1.12 billion)
• Tiffany & Co. acquisition by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton ($16 billion)
• Tokio Marine Holdings acquisition of Privilege Underwriters ($3.1 billion)
• Unisys sale of its U.S. Federal business to Science Applications International Corporation ($1.2 billion)
• Upbound Group pending acquisition of Brigit ($460 million)
• Vector Group pending acquisition by JT Group ($2.4 billion)
• Wasserman acquisition of CSM Sport and Entertainment Holdings and strategic investment from Providence Equity Partners

Other Representations

• General Compensation: AMC Networks, Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son, Baxter International, Jacobs Engineering Group, PacWest Bancorp, ProSight Global
• IPOs: Coronado Global Resources, Levi Strauss & Co.’s underwriters and ProSight Global