Risa M. Salins

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

• ABB in its $2.9 billion divestiture of its Dodge mechanical power transmission division to RBC Bearings
• AbbVie in its $8.7 billion acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics
• Accel-KKR in its acquisition of Accertify from American Express
• Arsenal Capital Partners in its acquisition of Poly-Wood, LLC
• Bedford Media in its acquisition of i-D Magazine, a fashion and culture publication, from Vice Media Group
• Bernhard Capital Partners in its acquisition of RailWorks Corp., North America’s leading rail infrastructure solutions provider
• Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P., together with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, in its acquisition of Compass Datacenters
• CapVest Partners-backed Calyx in its acquisition of Invicro, a provider of imaging biomarker services, from REALM IDx
• Celanese in its $1.15 billion acquisition of Exxon Mobil’s Santoprene™ TPV elastomers business
• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of Action Behavior Centers
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $7 billion acquisition of Focus Financial Partners
• EQT Private Equity in its:
  • acquisition of SPT Labtech
  • acquisition by its portfolio company, WorkWave, of TaskEasy
  • acquisition by its portfolio company, Recipharm, of Vibalogics
• GCP Capital Partners in its acquisition of Kurtzman Carson Consultants, a provider of legal services, from Computershare
• Genstar Capital Partners in its:
  • acquisition of Daxko
  • acquisition of a majority stake in Vector Solutions and add-on acquisitions of Envisage Technologies and the higher education business of EVERFI
  • acquisition of 2020 Technologies
• GTCR and Apax Partners-backed AssuredPartners in:
  • their acquisition of Breckenridge Insurance Group, Inc., including the related property and casualty wholesale business line
  • Accretive Insurance Solution’s acquisition of Your Way Medicare, a company that assists individuals with their Medicare insurance
  • their acquisition of the primary business assets of each of Employee One Benefit Solutions, LLC, Evolution Healthcare, LLC and Cobecon II, LLC
• Harvest Midstream in its acquisition of the Belle Chasse Terminal Facility from Phillips 66
• H.I.G. Capital in its significant investment in Cleo Communications
• Hunter Point Capital in its:
  • strategic partnership with Inflexion
  • passive minority investment in L Catteron, a consumer-focused investment firm
  • strategic minority investment in The Vistria Group, a middle-market private investment firm
• Investindustrial Industries in its:
  • $950 million acquisition of significant portions of the meal preparation division of TreeHouse Foods
  • acquisition of Parker Food Group
• K1 Investment Management-backed Smarsh in its acquisition of the Digital Safe archiving and risk management portfolio from Micro Focus
• KKR in its acquisition of CoolIT Systems, a provider of scalable liquid cooling solutions
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners in its:
  • acquisition of USA Water, a provider of operations and maintenance services for water and wastewater systems, from Warren Equity Partners
  • acquisition of Technical Safety Services, a provider of testing, certification and calibration services to healthcare and other life sciences customers
  • investment in SEV, a market-leading operator of med spas that provide laser hair removal, injectables, body contouring and other medical aesthetic services
  • sales of Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa, Smith System, Caring Brands International, HomeVestors of America, and Monte Nido
• Linden Capital Partners in its acquisition of Alcresta Therapeutics, a leader in commercializing products for patients with gastrointestinal disorders
• Madison Dearborn Partners, alongside Tornante Company, in:
  • the sale of Bazooka Candy Brands to Apax Partners
  • the sale of TDS Gifts Cards to Ziff Davis
• Noble Corporation in its $3.4 billion all-stock merger of equals with Maersk Drilling
• ONCAP in its acquisition of Right At School
• Owens & Minor in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Apria, a leading provider of integrated home healthcare equipment and related services
• P4G Capital in its acquisition of Lake Air Products
• Patient Square Capital in its:
  • $7.1 billion consortium acquisition of Syneos Health
  • acquisition of Summit BHC
  • acquisition of SOC Telemed
  • add-on acquisition by SOC Telemed of Forefront Telecare
• Redwood Capital Investments in its acquisition of Johnstone Supply
• Redwood Holdings in its acquisition of Newly Weds Foods
• Reveal Data Corporation, a K1 portfolio company and a provider of an AI-powered eDiscovery platform, on its acquisitions of Logikcull and IPRO, two other providers in the eDiscovery space
• Ridgemont Equity Partners in its:
  • acquisition of a majority interest in Crete Mechanical Group
  • sale of its majority interest in Worldwide Express to a consortium led by CVC and Providence Equity Partners, in connection with Worldwide Express’ combination with GlobalTranz Enterprises
• Sentinel Capital Partners in its sale of ECM Industries, to nVent Electric plc for a purchase price of $1.1 billion
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of State Auto Financial Corporation in connection with the sale of State Auto Financial and State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company to Liberty Mutual Holding Company
• Starwood Capital Group in its acquisition of Extended Stay America in a joint venture with Blackstone for approximately $6 billion
• Sycamore Partners in its $400 million acquisition of the Canadian retail business of Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW)
• TPG in:
  • its Series B investment into Denodo Technologies Inc., a data integration, management and delivery platform
  • its investment in Sayari, a provider of counterparty and supply chain risk intelligence
  • its Rise Fund’s investment in Banyan Treatment Centers, a provider of substance use disorder and mental health services
• Vine Energy in its $2.2 billion sale to Chesapeake Energy
• Warburg Pincus in:
  • its sale of Experity to GTCR
  • its acquisition of NetDocuments
  • the merger between foodservice disposables and janitorial sanitation products maker, BradyIFS, and Envoy Solutions, a distributor of such products, and its investment in the newly merged entity
• Weeks Marine in its sale to Kiewit Corporation

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

Spin-Offs and Carveouts

• DuPont de Nemours, Inc. in its:
  • $45.4 billion spin-off and sale of its Nutrition & Biosciences business to International Flavors & Fragrance through a reverse Morris trust transaction, involving transfers of over 10,000 employees in approximately 50 countries
  • Two-step spinoff of its Agricultural Division (Corteva, Inc.) and its Materials Science Division (Dow Inc.), resulting in workforce of approximately 98,000 employees being divided among three new publicly traded companies
• E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company in its carveout sale of a portion of its Crop Protection business to FMC Corporation and simultaneous acquisition of FMC's Health & Nutrition Business
• Nasdaq, Inc. in connection with the sale of legal vehicles and assets comprising its public relations solutions and digital media services businesses to West Corporation
• Intel Corporation in its $4.2 billion joint venture with TPG Capital, L.P. to form the independent cybersecurity company McAfee, including the transfer of an in-scope workforce spanning approximately 60 countries to the joint venture
• Citigroup in its sale of its fixed income analytics and index businesses, including The Yield Book and the World Government Bond Index, to the London Stock Exchange Group

Private Equity Transactions

• Kelso & Company in its acquisition of a majority stake in Refresh Mental Health
• Kelso & Company and affiliates of Blue Wolf Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of Jordan Health Services from Palladium Equity Partners, and Kelso in connection with the concurrent merger of Jordan Health Services with Great Lakes Caring and National Home Health Care under a combined entity jointly owned with affiliates of Blue Wolf
• HPS Investment Partners in its acquisition of Citadel Servicing Corporation
• JAB Holding Company in its acquisition of National Veterinary Associates

Public Company M&A

• E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company in its $130 billion merger-of-equals with The Dow Chemical Company
• EMC Corporation in its $67 billion acquisition by Denali Holding Inc., the parent company of Dell Inc.
• Endo International in its $658 million acquisition of BioSpecifics Technologies
• WEC Energy Group, Inc. in its $5.7 billion acquisition of Integrys Energy Group, Inc.
• Specialty pharmaceutical company Correvio Pharma Corp. on the sale of its shares to ADVANZ PHARMA for $76 million

Restructurings

• Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its Chapter 11 restructuring, reduction-in-force and sale of substantially all of its assets to Bausch Health Companies Inc.
• Titan Energy LLC on employee matters in connection with its out-of-court restructuring
• Key Safety Systems, Inc. in its $1.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the non-PSAN inflator assets of Takata Corporation through cross-border restructuring proceedings in the U.S., Japan and Canada and out-of-court asset purchase transactions in Germany, China and Mexico
• Melinta Therapeutics on labor and employment issues in connections with its Chapter 11 reorganization