Michael Krasnovsky, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, Mike has been involved in the following representations: 

• McDonald’s in its sale of Dynamic Yield to Mastercard 

• FinServ Acquisition Corp. in its $1.0 billion merger with Katapult Holding, Inc. 

• Vista Equity Partners in its $3.5 billion acquisition of Pluralsight, Inc. 

• Funds advised by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. in its pending acquisition of American Bath Group, LLC 

• Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. II in its $1.3 billion combination with Cerevel Therapeutics 

• OnDeck Capital in its sale to Enova International

• Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. in its combination with Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH

• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Taubman Centers, Inc. in Taubman’s $9.8 billion merger and joint venture with Simon Property Group

• Hilcorp Alaska in its $5.6 billion acquisition of BP’s upstream and midstream business in Alaska

• AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan 

• WellCare Health Plans in its $17.3 billion acquisition by Centene Corporation

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

• Nexstar Broadcasting Group in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co., creating the largest local television broadcaster and local media company

• Valence Media, a diversified media company (with an enterprise value approaching $3 billion) with divisions or investments in premium television, wide release film, specialty film, live entertainment and digital media, in its creation through a combination of Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, dick clark productions and MRC

• Strayer Education in its $1.9 billion merger of equals with Capella Education Company, creating a national leader in education innovation

• Tronox Limited in its $1.325 billion sale of its Alkali Chemicals business to Genesis Energy, L.P.

• MidOcean Partners in its $1 billion sale of Water Pik, Inc. to Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of LANDESK Software from Thoma Bravo

• CEB in its $3.3 billion sale to Gartner, Inc.

• Blackstone in its acquisition of SESAC Holdings, a leading music rights organization, from Rizvi Traverse Management

• WellCare Health Plans in its $800 million acquisition of Universal American Corporation

• Equity One in its $15.6 billion merger with Regency Centers Corporation, creating the preeminent shopping center REIT in the U.S.

• MidOcean Partners and Penton in the $1.56 billion sale of Penton to Informa plc

• Questar Corporation in its $4.4 billion sale to Dominion Resources, Inc.

• ABRY Partners in its $2.25 billion sale of RCN Telecom Services, LLC and Grande Communications Networks, LLC

• Confidential client in the $423 million acquisition of assets in Texas’ southern Midland Basin

• CEB in its $275 million acquisition of Evanta Ventures

• Premier Farnell and Akron Brass in the $224.2 million sale of Akron to Idex

• Advent International in its investment in inVentiv Health

• IGATE Corporation in its $4.04 billion merger with Capgemini S.A.

• L Catterton in its $925 million acquisition of Steiner Leisure

• Silver Lake in its acquisition of Cast & Crew Entertainment Services

• Cerberus Capital Management in its carveout of Avon’s North American business and strategic investment in Avon’s international business

• Ventas in its $475 million sale of the hospital operations of Ardent Health Services

• ABRY Partners in its $143.5 million equity investment in Accela

• Arlington Capital Partners in its sale of MB Aerospace Holdings

• Corning in connection with the unwinding of its 73-year-old Dow Corning joint venture with Dow Chemical in exchange for 100% of a newly formed corporation that will hold a 40% stake in Hemlock Semiconductor Group and approximately $4.8 billion in cash

• Fleur de Lis Energy in its acquisition of CO2 enhanced oil recovery properties in the basins of Wyoming

• KKR in its acquisition, along with Anchor Equity Partners and Ticket Monster management, of a controlling interest in Ticket Monster from Groupon in a transaction based on a fully diluted valuation of $782 million

• Burger King in its $11.4 billion acquisition of Tim Hortons Inc.

• Infineon Technologies AG in its $3 billion acquisition of International Rectifier Corporation

• London Stock Exchange Group plc in its $2.7 billion acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Frank Russell Company

• Fleur de Lis Energy in its $350 million acquisition of LINN Energy’s Wolfberry positions in Ector and Midland countries in the Permian Basin

Prior to joining Kirkland, Mike was involved in the following representations:

• Bank of America Corporation in its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, Inc.

• JPMorgan Chase & Co. in acquisition of The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

• Countrywide, Inc. in its acquisition by Bank of America Corporation

• Wells Fargo in its acquisition of Wachovia Corporation

• Wyeth in its acquisition by Pfizer Inc.

• Schering-Plough Corporation in its acquisition by Merck & Co., Inc.

• Rohm and Haas Company in its acquisition by The Dow Chemical Company

• Grupo Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V. in its acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev

• Tishman Speyer in acquisition of Archstone-Smith

• Life Technologies Corporation in its acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

• Longs Drug Stores in its acquisition by CVS Caremark

• Smith International, Inc. in its acquisition by Schlumberger Limited

• Starbucks Coffee Company in its acquisition of Teavana Holdings, Inc.

• The Danaher Corporation in its acquisition of Sybron Dental

• Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. in its acquisition by an affiliate of TPG Capital

• Pentair, Inc. in its combination with Tyco's Flow Control business

• Delphi Financial Group, Inc. in acquisition by Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

• Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A. in its acquisition by Validus Holdings, Ltd.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP — February 2011 through May 2014

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. — April 2010 through January 2011

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz — June 2005 through March 2010

Proskauer Rose LLP — September 2003 through June 2005