Patrick V. Salvo
Overview
Patrick V. Salvo is a partner in the Austin office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He primarily focuses on public and private company mergers and acquisition transactions and activism defense. He also counsels early stage private companies and public companies both the US and internationally and has advised a broad range of publicly traded companies, private investment funds, banks and investment managers in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, stockholder arrangements as well as corporate governance, securities offerings and other transactional matters.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Patrick has been involved in the following matters:
- GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ: GCMG) on acquiring a 25% equity interest in Shepherds Flat from Brookfield Asset Management and its institutional partners, including its listed affiliate Brookfield Renewable.
- Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) in its merger with Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: CHK) to create $24 billion combined company.
- Marlin Equity Partners and Virgin Pulse on Virgin Pulse’s merger with HealthComp to create a comprehensive employer health platform.
- Nautic Partners in its $570 million acquisition of Tabula Rasa HealthCare (NASDAQ: TRHC), a healthcare company with experience providing pharmacy and other tech-enabled services.
- Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY), a financial services and investment management innovator in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors, in its acquisition of the Helios bitcoin mining facility and its related operations from Argo Blockchain plc (LSE: ARB; NASDAQ: ARBK).
- Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: PFDR), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $537 million business combination with Movella, a fullstack provider of sensors, software, and analytics that enable the digitization of movement.
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. in its $30 billion joint venture with Intel Corporation to fund Intel’s under-construction semiconductor fabrication facility in Chandler, Arizona.
- PropTech Investment Corporation II (NASDAQ: PTIC), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $575 million business combination with RW National Holdings (d/b/a Appreciate), the parent holding company of Renters Warehouse, an end-to-end Single Family Rental (SFR) marketplace and management platform.
- Ichor Systems Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary Incline Merger Sub, LLC, in its $270 million acquisition of IMG Companies LLC.
- Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: TWNT) on its $1.58 billion business combination with Terran Orbital Corporation.
- Oak Street Health, Inc. in its acquisition of RubiconMD.
- Vine Energy Inc. (NYSE: VEI) in its $2.2 billion acquisition by Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CHK).
- Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation on its $1.4 billion business combination with ServiceMax.
- Danaher on its $9.6 billion acquisition of Aldevron.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Patrick was involved in the following matters:
- Represented Cheniere in connection with its acquisition of the outstanding stake in its public company subsidiary and BlackStone’s sale of its stake in Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. to Brookfield Infrastructure and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
- Represented CPPIB in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Parkway, Inc., a public company REIT and its $750 million investment in Aqua America.
- Represented TerraForm Global in its $1.3 billion acquisition by Brookfield AssetManagement.
- Represented Cablevision in connection with its auction and sale to Altice.
- Represented large aerostructures company in its acquisition of Bombardier's aerostructures and aftermarket services businesses as well as its terminated acquisition of a privately held Belgian aircraft component company
- Represented a private investment fund as lead investor in Fuse Media in connection with the acquisition of a majority, controlling interest in Fuse by a management group headed by Fuse’s CEO.
- Represented WhiteStar Petroleum in its Chapter 11 sales process and ultimate sale to Contango Oil & Gas Co.
- Represented Genesis Robotics and Genesis Advanced, Canadian based robotics and technology companies in their partial sale to and joint venture with KCTG, a venture capital arm of Koch Enterprises.
Prior Experience
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2023Texas
- 2016New York
- 2016Florida
- 2015Massachusetts
Languages
- English
- French
Education
- Columbia Law SchoolJ.D.2015
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Richard J. Lipson & Paul S. Lipson Prize
Parker School Recognition of Achievement in International & Comparative Law
Managing Editor, Columbia Journal of European Law
- Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign ServiceB.S.F.S.cum laude2009
with Honors
Honors Thesis Award
News &
Insights
Kirkland Advises GCM Grosvenor’s Infrastructure Advantage Strategy on Acquiring Equity Interest in Brookfield’s Shepherds Flat