Dov Kogen

Since joining Kirkland, Dov has been involved in the following matters:

• Blue Owl Credit Advisors LLC, the investment adviser of Blue Owl Capital Corporation (NYSE: OBDC), and Blue Owl Diversified Credit Advisors LLC, the investment adviser of Blue Owl Capital Corporation III (NYSE: OBDE), on a definitive merger agreement between the two business development companies
• Media Rights Capital, a leading independent studio, in the separation of combined media assets with Eldridge
• LiveVox in its sale to NICE
• Ares Management Corporation, a leading global alternative investment manager, in connection with its $100 million preferred stock investment in Vinci Partners Investments Ltd. (NASDAQ: VINP), an alternative investment platform
• Ares Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its proposed business combination with X Energy Reactor Co., LLC, a leading developer of small modular nuclear reactors and fuel technology for clean energy generation
• Wheel Pros, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital, in the acquisition of Transamerican Auto Parts
• Direct Selling Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: DSAQ), a special purpose acquisition company, in its pending business combination with FlyBlade (India) Private Limited (Hunch Mobility), a provider of urban air mobility in the Indian subcontinent, and certain other parties
• Events.com, an industry-leading event management platform, in its pending business combination with Concord Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company

Prior to joining Kirkland, Dov was involved in the following matters:

• Gores Guggenheim, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Guggenheim Capital, in its $20 billion business combination with Polestar Performance AB
• HNA Group Co. Ltd. in the approximately $6 billion take-private merger of its member, Tianjin Tianhai Investment Co Ltd and Ingram Micro Inc.
• Baring Private Equity Asia and the consortium, which includes Baring Private Equity Asia and CPP Investments, in the $4.3 billion take-private of Nord Anglia Education Inc.
• Atos S.E. in its $3.57 billion acquisition of Syntel, Inc.
• Principal shareholders and directors of Skillz Inc. in Skillz's business combination with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in a transaction that implied an equity valuation for Skillz of $3.5 billion
• Front Yard Residential Corporation in its proposed $2.3 billion sale to Amherst Residential, LLC
• Marquee Raine Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Raine Group LLC and Marquee Sports Holdings SPAC I, LLC, in its $1.2 billion business combination with Enjoy Technology, Inc.
• MGM Resorts International in its $1.175 billion sale of the real property of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey to MGM Growth Properties LLC
• MGM Resorts International in its formation of MGM Growth Properties LLC (MGP) and on the corporate aspects of MGP’s $1.05 billion initial public offering
• Eli Lilly and Company in its $1 billion acquisition of Prevail Therapeutics Inc.
• Micron Technology, Inc. in the sale of its Lehi, UT fab for $900 million in cash
• The Government of the United Kingdom as part of a 50/50 consortium with Bharti Global Limited in the consortium's acquisition, in a Chapter 11 court-supervised sale process, of OneWeb Global Limited and subsequent investments by other parties who joined the consortium
• Healthcare Merger Corp., a SPAC sponsored principally by Shulman Ventures and MTS Health Partners, in its merger with SOC Telemed in a transaction that implies an initial enterprise value of $720 million
• H&R Block, Inc. in its $405 million acquisition of Wave Financial Inc.
• The Kroger Company in its up to $700 million acquisition of Home Chef
• QuickChek Corporation in its $645 million sale to Murphy USA
• Signet Jewelers Limited in its $625 million sale of convertible preferred shares to Leonard Green & Partners, the proceeds from which were to be used to fund a repurchase of up to $625 million in Signet common stock
• Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC sponsored by Mudrick Capital, in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Hycroft Mining Corporation, with an initial enterprise value of approximately $537 million
• Thomas H. Lee Partners and Fogo de Chão Churrascaria (Holdings), LLC in the $560 million take-private sale of Fogo de Chão to Rhône Capital
• General Electric Company in the sale of its entire 43% stake in Hyundai Card Co. to Hyundai Commercial, Affinity Equity Partners, GIC and AlpInvest Partners
• Leucadia National Corporation (n/k/a Jefferies Financial Group Inc.) in its $253 million acquisition of exchangeable preferred shares in Harbinger Group Inc. (n/k/a Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.)
• The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries in the sale of their stores as part of their Chapter 11 cases commenced in 2015
• FXCM, Inc. in connection with movement in Swiss Franc, financing transaction with Leucadia National Corporation and adoption of rights plan
• Berkshire Partners LLC in its investment in The Portillo Restaurant Group, Inc.
• DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC, together with AT&T Teleholdings, Inc., in the purchase of Houston Regional Sports Network, L.P.