Julianna Nester is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Acquisitions & Divestitures
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice-backed Veritiv Corporation in its pending AUD 1.775 billion acquisition of Orora Packaging Solutions from Orora
KKR-backed Genesis Care Pty Ltd and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and sales of GenesisCare’s U.S. radiation oncology assets
KKR in its acquisition of Flow Control Group from Bertram Capital
KKR in its majority investment in PlayOn! Sports
KKR and its portfolio company PlayOn! Sports in its investment in GoFan
The Jordan Company in its $1.3 billion take-private acquisition of Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO)
Apax Partners in its majority investment in IANS Research
Apax Partners in its ~$450 million investment in IBS Software
Apax Partners in its sale of its majority interest in Boasso Global, Inc. to KKR
Apax Partners in its sale of portfolio company Wizeline, Inc. to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
Apax Partners and its portfolio company The Herjavec Group Inc. in their acquisition of Fishtech Group, LLC
TowerBrook Capital Partners in its investment in EisnerAmper LLP
Novo Holdings A/S in its acquisition of Medical Knowledge Group from Court Square Capital and Aisling Capital
Tacombi in its $27.5 million equity funding round
Capital Markets & Debt Financing Transactions
Macy’s in connection with its $2.8 billion ABL facility, $300 million bridge commitment, and $1.3 billion bond offering
Macy’s in connection with its exchange of $465 million of senior notes
Kraft Heinz with its cash tender offer for up to $2.2 billion of its outstanding notes
Intelsat S.A. with its debt restructuring and Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Le Tote Inc. on the debt financing for its acquisition of Lord + Taylor
BCLS Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Bain Capital Life Sciences, LP, in its $143.75 million initial public offering
Silver Lake with the restructuring and exchange of its $600 million convertible bonds and $100 million new first lien notes investment in AMC Entertainment
AE Industrial Partners in its $1.6 billion de-SPAC and merger of portfolio company BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) with GigCapital4, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: GIGGU)
Genstar Capital Partners on the debt financing for its acquisition of Medical Air Services Association
Reverence Capital Partners and its portfolio company Advisor Group in Advisor Group’s $500 million high yield secured notes offering in connection with Advisor Group’s acquisition of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ClerkHonorable Richard K. EatonUnited States Court of International TradeSummer 2017
Prior Experience
Investment Banking Summer Associate, RBC Capital Markets, Healthcare M&A and Capital Markets, New York, Summer 2016
Senior Paralegal, Seal Shield LLC, FL, 2011–2015
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Thought Leadership
Publications
“Foreign Initial Coin Offering Issuers Beware: The Securities and Exchange Commission is Watching,” 51 Cornell International Law Journal 245, 2018
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2020New York
2020Florida
2021District of Columbia
Languages
English
Spanish
Education
Cornell Law SchoolJ.D. (Business Law and Regulation Concentration)2019
CALI Award, Advanced Issues in Mediation, Fall 2017
Morris P. Glushien Prize, Published Note
Notes Editor, Cornell International Law Journal
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell UniversityM.B.A.2019
University of Central FloridaB.S., Legal Studies; Business Administration Minorsumma cum laude2012