Aseem Jha

Industrials and Manufacturing

• Pritzker Private Capital-backed Technimark, a manufacturing solutions provider for the healthcare, consumer packaging and specialty industrial markets, in its sale of a controlling stake to Oak Hill Capital.
• Windjammer Capital-backed Hermetic Solutions Group in its add-on acquisition of Cristek Interconnects, a manufacturer of specialty interconnect products and assemblies.
• Redwire in its acquisition of Deployable Space Systems, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of proprietary solar panel deployment assemblies used in satellites.
• Cerberus Capital Management, along with Koch Minerals & Trading, in the $1.1 billion carve-out acquisition of PQ Performance Chemicals, a producer of sodium silicates, specialty silicas and zeolites, from PQ Group Holdings (NYSE: PQG).
• Blue Sea Capital in its minority investment in Abrasive Technology, a provider of superabrasive products for the dental, aerospace, medical and industrial end markets.
• KKR (NYSE: KKR) in its investment in Charter Next Generation, a producer of specialty films used in flexible packaging, industrial, healthcare and consumer applications.
• SK Capital Partners in its carve-out acquisition of the monomers, polymers and European businesses of Deltech Holdings, a producer of high-performance aromatic monomers and specialized crystal polystyrene.
• Madison IAQ in its acquisition financing of Nortek Air, a provider of air management, thermal and HVAC solutions, from Melrose Industries.
• Gamut Capital Management on its agreement to acquire the Davis-Standard business, which focuses on designing, developing and manufacturing machines and parts used across polymer processing industries worldwide, from affiliates of ONCAP Management Partners.
• Dunes Point Capital on its acquisition of K-1 Packaging Group and Everest Packaging Corp, which design and provide custom turnkey packaging solutions primarily to the wellness and personal care end-markets.
• Gamut Capital-backed Davis-Standard in its acquisition of the Extrusion Technology Group, a provider of extrusion equipment and services, from Nimbus.
• Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) in the $1.325 billion carve-out sale of its Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) business, a provider of PPE for industrial workers, to Protective Industrial Products.
  

Technology and Software

• KKR-backed Corel Corp. in its sale of ClearSlide, a unified sales enablement platform, to Bigtincan (ASX: BTH).
• KKR-backed Corel in its add-on acquisition of Ad Remover, a software developer of an ad-blocking extension.
• Thoma Bravo in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Medallia (NYSE: MDLA), an AI-technology-driven developer of a cloud-based customer and employee experience management application.
• Cint Group AB in its acquisition of Lucid, a programmatic research technology platform.
• Thoma Bravo in its minority investment in Intel 471, a provider of cyber threat intelligence for leading enterprises and governments.
• Francisco Partners in its carve-out acquisition of the healthcare data and analytics assets driven by artificial intelligence, data analytics, cloud computing, that were part of IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Watson Health business.
• Imprivata, Inc., a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, in its add-on acquisition of SecureLink, Inc., a leader in critical access management provider of software solution.
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), a leader in Business Spend Management (BSM), for an enterprise value of $8 billion.
• Thoma Bravo, L. P., with its Series E investment in Alation, Inc., a provider of a proprietary data intelligence software platform that enables customers to search and index their data assets, understand and trust their data, perform analytics on data, and ensure visibility and cooperation across all data products.
• Thoma Bravo in its CAD $1.8 billion acquisition of Magnet Forensics (TSX: MAGT), a developer of digital investigation solutions for enterprises and public safety organizations.
• Advent International, alongside existing shareholders Philip Fayer, Novacap and CDPQ, in the pending $6.3 billion acquisition of Nuvei Corp (NASDAQ: NVEI) (TSX: NVEI), a provider of payment solutions.
• Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) in its acquisition of the QRadar Software as a Service (SaaS) business from IBM (NYSE: IBM).
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of OPEXUS, a provider of government process management software, and Casepoint, a provider of a data discovery platform powered by AI and advanced analytics.
  

Energy and Infrastructure

• Private equity firm in its acquisition of certain subsidiaries that offer integrated shore-side liquefaction and liquid natural gas bunkering in the United States to primarily service the shipping and cruise industries.
• Rice Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: RICE), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.15 billion business combination with Aria Energy, a provider of baseload renewable energy, and Archaea Energy, a developer of renewable natural gas.
• Bernhard Capital, as lead investor, in a Series B financing of Elevation, a fully integrated residential energy solutions company.
• SPAC in their de-SPAC acquisition of a developer and manufacturer of (i) cutting-edge lithium-metal and solid-state batteries that can be produced in custom form factors, together with (ii) the 3D printing manufacturing processes to produce such batteries.
• Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II Corp. (NASDAQ: XPDB, XPDBW, XPDBU), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $500 million business combination with Montana Technologies, a provider of renewable energy and cooling technology.
• ArcLight Capital Partners in its $364 million acquisition of the commercial distributed generation business of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK).
• Private equity firm in their carve-out acquisition of the owner of a fuel cell energy storage portfolio.
• Focus Impact Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: FIAC), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $212.8 million business combination with DevvStream, a provider of technology-based carbon credits and related sustainability solutions (NEO: DESG).
• Private equity firm on its definitive agreement to acquire an operating wind farm.
  

Healthcare and Life Sciences

• Hellman & Friedman in its $1 billion carve-out acquisition of Cordis, a manufacturer of cardiology and endovascular interventional devices, from Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH).
• Evotec SE, a German life sciences company, in its initial public offering (IPO).
• Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) in its over $1 billion acquisition of Protomer Technologies, a biotech company and developer of a proprietary protein-engineering platform.
• Eli Lilly in its strategic, multiyear collaboration and patent license agreement with Lycia Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that uses its proprietary lysosomal targeting chimeras (LYTACs) platform to develop first-in-class therapeutics.
• Leo Holdings III Corp. (NYSE: LIII), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.1 billion business combination with Local Bounti, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company.
• Nordic Capital in its acquisition of IntegriChain, a platform for pharma commercialization and market access, from Accel-KKR.
• Pharmaceutical company in negotiation of strategic license and research collaboration agreements with another pharmaceutical company regarding the application of the counterparty's proprietary platform to combat inflammatory diseases.
• Kindeva Drug Delivery in its acquisition of Summit Biosciences, an intranasal drug-delivery contract development and manufacturing organization, from its founding family shareholders.
• Dechra Pharmaceuticals in its $520 million acquisition of Invetx, a provider of protein-based animal health therapeutics, from Novo Holdings.
• Bain Capital Double Impact in its investment in BW Fusion, a provider of fertilizer and crop nutritional products, Biodyne USA, a provider of biotechnology focused on naturally occurring microorganisms and other sustainable technologies, and Agronomy 365, a provider of a crop analytics and management program.
  

Media and Entertainment

• Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ: CZR) in its $500 million sale of its intellectual property rights for the World Series of Poker brand to NSUS Group.
• Media and entertainment company in its proposed acquisition of a producer and distributor of legal and court-related programming and broadcasts, true crime television shows, publications, and other media relating to the criminal justice system.
• TZP Group in the sale of Family Entertainment Group, a designer, developer and operator of amusement facilities, to H.I.G. Capital.
  

Consumer and Retail

• Rock Mountain Capital in its minority investment in Spark Orthodontics, a specialty orthodontics platform.
• The Jordan Company in its acquisition of Allure Labs, a provider of research and development, formulation, contract manufacturing and other turnkey services for customers offering premium OTC and non-OTC skin care, personal care and cosmetic products.
• The Jordan Company in its acquisition of Dental365, a full-service dental practice offering general dentistry and specialty services, from the founding shareholders and Regal Healthcare Capital Partners.
• FountainVest Partners in its acquisition of Ziwi, a New Zealand-based ultra-premium pet food manufacturer and global exporter.
• Incline Equity Partners in its acquisition of Alliance Environmental Group, a provider of environmental remediation and indoor air quality services to residential and commercial customers.
• An investor consortium in its acquisition of Subway's China business, the operator of the quick-service-restaurant business in mainland China.
• TJC and Allure Beauty Labs, a performance-driven beauty platform, on the acquisition of and combination with contract packaging company Kleen Concepts to create a new company that will provide customer-centric solutions across the personal care industry.
• Private equity firm in their carve-out acquisition (and add-on) of a pet day care facility.
• A contact lens and solution manufacturer on the ~$1.1 billion carve-out sale of business division in China.
• Nexus Capital Management in its acquisition of Tricam Industries, a provider of consumer and professional home improvement equipment.
  

Business and Financial Services

• Private equity firm in its acquisition of an operator of a Managing General Agency (MGA) focused on providing insurance services to retail and wholesale distribution channels.
• ABRY Partners in its acquisition of High Street Insurance Partners, a full-service independent insurance brokerage firm, from Huron Capital Partners.
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and Partners Group-backed GlobalLogic, a digital engineering services company, in its $9.5 billion sale to Hitachi (TSE: 6501).
• Sard Verbinnen & Co on its merger with Finsbury Glover Hering to create the world's leading strategic communications firm.
• Braemont Capital in its $125 million investment in Incline P&C Group, an insurance program market services firm.
• CIVC Partners in its acquisition of Highstreet IT Solutions, a cloud-focused Oracle implementation and managed-services provider offering services across a client's entire cloud lifecycle.
• Security platform in its strategic investment and commercial agreement in an operator in the private carrier telecommunications services market, and a related long-term services agreement.
• Investment bank in its signed investment and commercial agreement in a business information and financial analytics platform and solutions provider, and related long-term services agreement.
• Dunes Point Capital in its acquisition of Eastern Communications, a provider of mission-critical communication devices and network infrastructure.

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2019

City Councilman, City of West Lafayette, 2016–2017