Melissa J. Hutson, P.C.

Bain Capital Private Equity in the financing for its acquisition of US LBM

Blackstone in the financings for its acquisitions of Interior Logic Group, Precision Medicine Group, SESAC Holdings and Ulterra Holdings

Blackstone and Brown Bidco Limited , a consortium including Blackstone, Cascade and Global Infrastructure Partners, on the financing for $4.73 billion recommended take private of Signature Aviation

Blackstone Energy Partners in the financing for its acquisitions of Therma Holdings LLC and RE Tech Advisors, Inc.

Blackstone in connection with the financing of the spin-off of Frontera Generation Holdings LLC from its portfolio company Lonestar Generation LLC

AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan

A consortium led by CC Capital in the financing for its $6.9 billion acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet

Avaya in connection with its $2.925 billion senior secured first-lien term loan facility and a $300 million secured asset-based facility

American Securities in connection with the financings for its acquisitions of Prince International, United PF Holdings and Belfor

American Securities in the financing for its strategic partnership with SimonMed Imaging

Carlisle Companies in the refinancing of its credit facility

Grubhub in multiple refinancing of its credit facilities

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in its major investment in Allied Universal

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets in its purchase of Wheelabrator Technologies from Energy Capital Partners

Blackstone and ArcLight in the financing for the $2.17 billion acquisition of four Midwest power plants from subsidiaries of American Electric Power

Blackstone in the financing in connection with its investment in Trilliant Food & Nutrition

Olympus Partners and its portfolio companies in connection with the financings for multiple acquisitions and refinancings, including AmSpec, Petmate, Rise Baking Co., Tank Holding Corp. and Vaco

New Mountain Capital in connection with the financings for its acquisitions of Classic Collision, Horizon Group and other portfolio company financings

Funds managed by Gamut Capital Management in the financing for their acquisition of Grede

Representation of Deluxe Entertainment in its prepetition priming credit facilities, debtor-in-possession credit facility and subsequent exit financing

Alvarez & Marsal Capital in the financing in connection with its acquisition of AC Linen

Cenveo in connection with the debtor-in-possession financing for its Chapter 11 filing and the exit financing for exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy

WL Ross Holding Corp. in connection with the financing for its acquisition of Nexeo Solutions from TPG Capital

KKR in connection with the financing for its acquisition of Resource Environmental Solutions

KKR in its strategic investment in UFC

Talen Energy Corp. in its $5.2 billion sale to Riverstone Holdings

WGL Holdings in its $6.4 billion sale to AltaGas

Blackstone and its portfolio companies in the financings for multiple acquisitions and refinancings, including those for Catalent Pharma Solutions, SeaWorld Entertainment, Travelport, Accuvant, Lonestar Generation and Utility One Source*

*Transactions handled prior to joining Kirkland.