George C. Boden
Overview
George Boden is a corporate associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Thoma Bravo:
- Sale of portfolio company Venafi Inc. to Cyberark Software Ltd.
- Going-private acquisition of Talend SA (NASDAQ: TLND)
- Strategic growth investment in Applitools Ltd.
- Strategic growth investment in Foundation Software, LLC
- Acquisition of the Estimating Edge by portfolio company Foundation Software
- Acquisition of McCormick Systems by portfolio company Foundation Software
- Acquisition of portfolio company Exostar, LLC and subsequent sale to Arlington Capital Partners
- Thoma Bravo Advantage, a special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its merger with ironSource Ltd. (NYSE: IS) and the listing of the combined company on the NYSE
- GTCR and AssuredPartners Inc. in the sale of AssuredPartners to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
- Bain Capital Private Equity and US LBM in the sale of a stake in US LBM to Platinum Equity
- Linden Capital Partners:
- Acquisition of Specialty Networks, LLC
- Sale of portfolio company Solara Medical Supplies to AdaptHealth Corp.
- Acquisition of Aegis Treatment Centers by portfolio company Pinnacle Treatment Centers
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners:
- Sale of portfolio company Smith System Driver Improvement Institute to MidOcean Partners
- Sale of portfolio company Monte Nido & Affiliates to Revelstoke Capital Partners
- Acquisition of Encore Fire Protection
- Soundcore Capital Partners:
- Acquisition of ACI Asphalt & Concrete Inc.
- Acquisition of ACS Asphalt Concrete Solutions Inc. by portfolio company ACI Asphalt & Concrete Inc.
- Stable Road Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its merger with Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) and the listing of the combined company on the NASDAQ
- Accel-KKR in connection with its investment in Appspace Inc.
- DuvaSawko abeo, a Varsity Healthcare Partners portfolio company, in connection with its acquisition of Gottlieb LLC
- Paine Schwartz Partners in connection with its sale of portfolio company Verdesian Life Sciences to AEA Investors
- Periscope Equity in connection with its acquisition of Welfare & Pension Administration Service
- Sun Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Miami Beach Medical Group
- Water Street Healthcare Partners in its sale of Custopharm to Hikma Pharmaceuticals
- 3Cloud, a Gryphon Investors portfolio company, in connection with its acquisition of Pragmatic Works Consulting
- Intelsat in connection with its acquisition of the commercial aviation business of Gogo
Restructuring
- Intelsat S.A. and certain of its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Intelsat had approximately $14.7 billion in funded debt as of its Chapter 11 filing
Prior Experience
PILI Fellow, Loyola Business Law Clinic, Summer 2019
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Summer 2018
Law Clerk, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Summer 2017
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2019Illinois
Education
- Washington University in St. Louis School of LawJ.D.
magna cum laude
2019Order of the Coif
Executive Editor, Washington University Law Review
Joseph Kutten Award in Bankruptcy - Saint Louis UniversityB.A., English2015
News &
Insights
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Thoma Bravo on Majority Investments in OPEXUS and Casepoint
- Press Release Kirkland Advises AssuredPartners on $13.45 Billion Acquisition by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Thoma Bravo and Portfolio Company Venafi on Sale of Venafi to CyberArk
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on Sale of Smith System to MidOcean Partners
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Bain Capital Private Equity and US LBM on Sale of Stake in US LBM to Platinum Equity