Frances D. Dales

Select Kirkland Representative Matters

• Vestar Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in a number of matters:
  • Its sale of Edward Don & Company (DON), a foodservice equipment and supplies distributor, to Sysco
  • Its sale of IRI, a global provider of market information and advisory services, in its combination with The NPD Group to form Circana
  • Its recapitalization of its investment in Circana and the related formation of a $1.2 billion single-asset continuation fund
  • Its acquisition, along with Flexpoint Ford, of Lereta, LLC, a leading national provider of real estate tax and flood services for mortgage servicers
• Greenbriar Equity Group and its portfolio companies in a number of matters:
  • Its acquisition of Towne Park, a parking and hospitality solutions provider, from TA Associates
  • Towne Park’s acquisition of over 100+ commercial parking locations in strategic markets
  • Its acquisition of VIVE Collision, an auto collision repair platform, from Garnett Station Partners
  • Management of its investment in Uber Freight, a transportation and logistics solution platform
• L Catterton and its portfolio companies in a number of matters:
  • As the anchor investor of a $355 million capital raise for iFIT Health & Fitness, a global leader in connected fitness and interactive content
  • iFIT’s sale of Universal Technical Services, the operator of iFIT’s extended warranty business, to Amynta Group
  • Management of its investment in ClassPass, a global fitness and wellness marketplace that was acquired by MindBody
• Investindustrial and its portfolio companies in a number of matters, including its acquisition of Parker Food Group, a developer and manufacturer of specialty food ingredients, from The Riverside Company
• Pamplona Capital Management and its portfolio companies in:
  • Its sale of Parexel, a global CRO and biopharmaceutical services company, to EQT and Goldman Sachs Asset Management for $8.5 billion
  • Its sale of Calyx, a provider of software and tech-enabled services to the clinical research market, to CapVest’s GLO Healthcare
• Gallatin Point Capital in the acquisition of the attorney-in-fact for Trusted Resources Underwriting Exchange (TRUE), a reciprocal insurer, and related $1.25 billion capital raise
• Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), international specialty insurance firm, in its acquisition of Socius Insurance Services, a national wholesale insurance broker
• VSP Vision, a provider of eye health services and insurance, eyewear solutions, and practice solutions, in its acquisition of Professional Eye Care Associates of America
• E2open (NYSE: ETWO), a SaaS, B2B network-based supply chain platform, in its acquisition of BluJay Solutions, a cloud-based, logistics execution platform, for $1.7 billion
• American Securities in its strategic partnership with, and investment in, r-pac International, a global provider of branded packaging, trim, and supply chain services
• Recognize Partners in its investment in SpringML, a machine learning and advanced data analytics services company

Associate, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 2014–2021

Harvard Public Service Venture Fund Fellow, Institute for Multi-Stakeholder Initiative Integrity (MSI Integrity), 2013–2014