Eric Li is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Eric represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to and since joining Kirkland, Eric has been involved in the following matters:
Fortress senior management in its acquisition (to be made with co-acquirer, Mubadala Capital) of Fortress Investment Group from SoftBank
Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of Front Row Group
A family office in its significant minority investment in Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
KKR & Co Inc (NYSE: KKR) in its acquisition of a minority interest in Catalio Capital Management
General Catalyst in its combination with European seed and growth stage venture capital fund La Famiglia
ABRY Partners in its investment in Precision Strategies
Rental Equipment Investment Corp., a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, in its acquisition of Midstream Equipment Corporation
Hermetic Solutions Group, Inc. (HSG), a portfolio company of Windjammer Capital Investors, in the sale of HSG to Qnnect LLC, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management
Berkshire Partners and its portfolio company National Carwash Solutions Inc. in National Carwash’s acquisition of Zep Vehicle Care*
Berkshire Partners and Permira Advisers in their sale of a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments (Pty) Ltd.*
Berkshire Partners in its acquisition of a minority stake in EP Wealth Advisors*
Providence Equity Partners in Blackboard Inc.’s sale to Anthology (a portfolio company of Veritas Capital and Leeds Equity Partners)*
Alpine Investors, in its acquisition of RA Outdoors (d/b/a Aspira) from Vista Equity Partners*
Riverside Assessments, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors, in its acquisition of ImPACT*
Riverside Assessments, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors, in its acquisition of ESGI*
Riverwood Capital in its acquisition of Files.com*
ChrysCapital-backed Infogain in its acquisition of Absolutdata*
Pfenex Inc. in its sale to Ligand Pharmaceuticals through tender offer and subsequent merger*
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of assets of Synaptics’ single-chip LCD touch controller and driver integration business line in multiple jurisdictions*
A U.S. public company in its divestment of certain products in multiple jurisdictions*
A U.S. private company in its combination with two Canadian public companies to form an integrated news, gaming, sports and esports platform*
Bright Food Group in its sale of a controlling stake in Weetabix*
Hutchison 3G UK Limited and its Hong Kong parent company, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, in the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of a holding company of UK Broadband Limited from PCCW Limited*
Stadtwerke München GmbH, the majority shareholder of Bayerngas Norge AS, in the incorporation of a new joint venture with Centrica plc to combine Centrica plc’s European oil and gas exploration and production business with Bayerngas Norge AS*
*Prior to joining Kirkland
Prior Experience
Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
New York
California
Languages
English
Mandarin
Education
Harvard Law SchoolLL.M.
Peking UniversityJ.M.; J.D.
Tsinghua UniversityB.A., English Language and Literature