Dan O'Connor

Since joining Kirkland, Dan's representative matters have included:

• Bernhard Capital Partners in its $1.252 billion acquisition of New Mexico Gas Company, Inc., the largest natural gas utility in New Mexico, from Emera Inc.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Dan’s representative matters included:

• Cortec Group in its sale of Groundworks, the nation's leading foundation and water management solutions company, to KKR
• Wynnchurch Capital in its sale of Midland Industries, a value-added distributor and manufacturer of fittings, valves, clamps, hoses and related products, to Gemspring Capital Management
• Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company in its acquisition of Rochester Clinical Research in connection with the launch of Atlas Clinical Research, a therapeutically-driven clinical site network
• DW Healthcare Partners in its acquisition of Vets Plus, a leading manufacturer of animal health and nutrition supplements
• Cortec Group in its acquisition of A1 Garage Door Services, a market leader in the direct-to-consumer residential repair and replacement garage door services
• Groundworks, a portfolio company of KKR, in its acquisition of Bay Area Underpinning
• Groundworks, a portfolio company of Cortec Group, in its acquisitions of Baker's Waterproofing, I'm The Guy Basements, BQ Basements and Concrete, Alpha Foundations, CLS Foundation Repair and Waterproofing, Peak Structural, Basement Systems of West Virginia and Foundation Support Specialists
• H.I.G. Capital in its sale of Medusind, a leading provider of comprehensive end-to-end revenue cycle management, to Alpine Investors
• Cortec Group in its acquisition of Goettl Home Services, a leading provider of HVAC and plumbing maintenance, repair and replacement services, from Baum Capital Partners
• Cortec Group in its acquisition of Circle Surrogacy from Ultima Capital Partners
• Pfingsten Partners in its $580 million sale of Dynapower, a leader in energy storage and power conversion systems, to Sensata Technologies
• North Technology Group, a portfolio company of Oakley Capital, in its sale of Edgewater Power Boats to Nimbus AB
• Center for Vein Restoration, a portfolio company of Cortec Group, in its acquisitions of Vein Center of New Mexico, Virginia Vein Care, Carolina Vein Specialists and Carolina Vein Center
• May River Capital in its sale of Hunt Valve Company to Arcline Investment Management
• Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company in its acquisition of Home Care Delivered, a provider of reimbursable medical supplies
• Cortec Group in its sale of Canadian Hospital Specialties
• H.I.G. Growth Partners in its acquisition of Accounting Seed, a leading cloud-based provider of accounting and financial management software
• Hastings Equity Partners in its acquisition of Community Tree Services
• Heartland Business Systems, a portfolio company of A&M Capital, in its acquisition of Midwest Computech
• New England Electrical Contracting, a portfolio company of Pfingsten Partners, in its acquisition of Eastern Communications, Inc.
• Goettl Home Services, a portfolio company of Cortec Group, in its acquisition of 4 Seasons Heating & Cooling
• Zenith American Solutions, a portfolio company of Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company, in its acquisition of Associate Administrators LLC from Harbour Benefit Holdings, Inc.
• Loadsmart in connection with its acquisition of OpenDock, a cloud-based dock scheduling solution, from DaySmart Software, a portfolio company of Parthenon Capital
• Orangewood Partners in its acquisition of Pacific Bells, the owner of 265 Taco Bell restaurants, from World Wide Bells
• 2U Inc. in its acquisition of Edx, a world-leading online learning platform and education marketplace, from Harvard/MIT
• FiscalNote, an AI-driven enterprise SaaS company, in its $1.3 billion business combination with Duddell Street Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company

Paul Hastings LLP

• Associate, 2020–2023
• Summer Associate, 2019

Senior Associate, BDO USA, LLP, 2014–2020