Carolina I. Velarde

Prior to and since joining Kirkland, Carolina’s notable representations include the following:

• Six Flags Entertainment Corporation in its $8 billion merger of equals with Cedar Fair
• United States v. UnitedHealth Group: DOJ enforcement action seeking to block UnitedHealth Group’s $13 billion 2022 acquisition of Change Healthcare in district court. Carolina served as core team member during final stages of DOJ’s merger investigation and litigation, and led efforts in discovery, as well as fact witness and expert preparation for litigation. The trial team achieved a complete win after a 12-day trial regarding both horizontal and vertical theories of harm, and successfully “litigated the fix”
• The Heritage Group on its agreement with EQT Infrastructure VI fund under which EQT Infrastructure will assume a majority position of Heritage Environmental Services (HES)
• Represented Towne Park in its acquisition of more than a hundred commercial parking operations nationwide
• UnitedHealth Group in its acquisition of a large multi-specialty provider group after full compliance with a Second Request and with unconditional clearance
• TA Associates, True Wind Capital and their portfolio company, e-Emphasys Technologies, Inc., on its carveout acquisition of CDK Global Heavy Equipment, from Brookfield-backed CDK Global
• Victoria’s Secret & Co. in its acquisition of Adore Me, Inc.
• Owens & Minor in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Apria (NASDAQ: APR)
• Turn/River Capital in its $570 million acquisition of Tufin
• Brazilian supplier of engineered parts for heavy-duty engines in partial acquisition of Italian supplier of engineered parts for heavy-duty engines after compliance with Second Request and negotiating a consent decree*
• Convenience store distribution company in its sale to another convenience store distribution company with complementary footprint*

*Prior to joining Kirkland