Keli Huang
Overview
Keli Huang is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on representing private equity firms, private companies and public companies on mergers and acquisitions and other complex transactions.
Experience
Representative Matters
Public Company Representations
- Waters Corporation in its $1.36 billion acquisition of Wyatt Technology
- Owens & Minor, Inc. in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Apria, Inc. (NASDAQ: APR)
- United Airlines in its $6.8 billion financing secured by its MileagePlus loyalty program
- Danaher in its $750 million divestment of certain lines of businesses to Sartorius AG
- Colfax Corporation in its $1.8 billion sale of its Air and Gas Handling business to KPS Capital Partners
- Nexstar Media Group in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co.
Private Equity and other Private Company Representations
- BC Partners and its portfolio companies in numerous transactions, including the:
- $2.1 billion acquisition of Presidio and the subsequent acquisition of Arkphire
- $1.4 billion acquisition of Valtech SE
- Acquisition of Women’s Care
- Sale of a minority stake in PetSmart to Apollo
- Mohari in its acquisition of Tao Group Hospitality from Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its acquisition of ImageTrend
- Vista Equity Partners in its $8.4 billion acquisition of Avalara
- Patient Square Capital in its $890 million acquisition of Radius Health
- L Catterton in its acquisition of a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
- KPS Capital in its acquisition of AM General
- New Mountain Capital in its sale of Careismatic Brands, Inc. to Partners Group
- York Capital Management in its $240 million acquisition of Mode Transportation from Hub Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HUB)
- Quest Analytics, a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, in its acquisition of BetterDoctor
- Warburg Pincus in its:
- Raising of Warburg Pincus Global Growth Partners, L.P., a $13.75 billion fund
- Raising of Warburg Pincus Financial Sector, L.P., a $2.3 billion fund
Clerk & Government Experience
Honors Student VolunteerUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, Complex Financial Instruments Unit
Legal Support AnalystOffice of the New York State Attorney General, Investor Protection Bureau
Prior Experience
Summer Intern, Prudential Financial Inc. (Asset Management Law Group)
Law Intern, Cardozo Securities Arbitration Clinic
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Recognition
Don H. Liu Scholarship
Minority Corporate Counsel Association, Lloyd M. Johnson Jr. Scholarship
Legal Support Analyst at the New York State Office of the Attorney General Superior Service Award, 2012 and 2013
Memberships & Affiliations
Asian American Bar Association of New York, Co-Chair of the Student Outreach Committee (2016–2017)
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2018New York
Languages
- Cantonese
- Fuzhounese
- Mandarin
Education
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawJ.D.cum laude2017
Notes Editor, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
Heyman Corporate Law Scholar
Public Service Scholar
Jacob Burns Scholar
Deans Merit Scholarship
Black Asian Latino Law Students Alumni Scholarship
Cardozo Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), President
Cardozo ADR Competition Honor Society, Member
- State University of New York at BinghamtonB.A., Philosophy, Politics and Lawcum laude2010
News &
Insights
- Press Release Kirkland Guides New Mountain Capital-Backed Classic Collision on Sale to TPG
- Press Release Kirkland Advises BC Partners on Sale of Presidio to Clayton Dubilier & Rice
- Press Release Kirkland Represents BC Partners on Apollo Investment in PetSmart
- Press Release Kirkland Represents Mohari Hospitality in Acquisition of Tao Group Hospitality
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Waters Corporation on Acquisition of Wyatt Technology