Carlo Zenkner, P.C.
Overview
Carlo Zenkner is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice primarily focuses on public and private company mergers and acquisitions and corporate and securities law matters. Carlo was recognized in the 2020–2024 editions of IFLR1000 as a “Notable Practitioner” for M&A and in 2019–2023 as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers for his mergers and acquisitions practice.
Experience
Representative Matters
Public Company Transactions
- AbbVie in multiple transactions, including:
- $63 billion acquisition of Allergan
- $55 billion bid for Shire
- $8.7 billion acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics
- Kraft Foods Group in its $55 billion merger with H.J. Heinz Company to form The Kraft Heinz Company
- Amcor in its pending $37 billion merger with Berry Global
- NortonLifeLock in its ~$25 billion combination with Avast
- WellCare Health Plans in its $17.3 billion sale to Centene Corporation
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in multiple transactions, including:
- successful defense of a $7.8 billion hostile takeover and full slate proxy contest by Choice Hotels International
- $2 billion acquisition of La Quinta Inns & Suites’ franchise and management businesses
- Inmarsat in its $7.3 billion sale to Viasat, Inc.
- Amcor Ltd. in its $6.8 billion acquisition of Bemis Co.
- Stone Point Capital in its $6 billion acquisition of CoreLogic
- Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp. in its $5.2 billion combination with Advantage Solutions, Inc.
- JBT Corporation in its pending €3.5 billion acquisition of Marel
- Option Care Health, Inc., in its proposed $3.6 billion merger with Amedisys, Inc.
- Wynn Resorts in its proposed $3.2 billion combination of Wynn Interactive Ltd. with Austerlitz Acquisition Corporation I
- Twilio in connection with Syniverse’s $2.9 billion proposed merger with M3-Brigade Acquisition II Corp.
- GTCR in its $2.7 billion take-private acquisition of AssetMark
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its $2.6 billion acquisition of Intertape Polymer Group, Inc.
- Acadia Healthcare Company in its £1.1 billion sale of The Priory Group to Waterland Private Equity
- Gen Digital in its acquisition of MoneyLion for $1 billion plus CVRs
- FinServ Acquisition Corp. in its $1 billion combination with Katapult
- ADTRAN in its combination with ADVA
- Andeavor in connection with the merger of its master limited partnerships
- Constellation Brands in connection with the reclassification of its high-vote Class B common stock by its controlling shareholders
- CORE Industrial Partners in its acquisition of Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation
- IFS in its acquisition of Astea International
- K1 Investment Management in its pending acquisition of MariaDB
- Kerridge Commercial Systems in its acquisition of MAM Software Group
- OnDeck Capital in its sale to Enova International
Private Company & Private Equity Transactions*
- Verizon in its $5 billion sale of Verizon Media to funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management
- General Motors and GM Cruise Holdings LLC, GM’s autonomous vehicle (AV) business, in a series of transactions including:
- $2.8 billion investment from Honda, at a $14.6 billion valuation
- $2.25 billion investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund, at a $11.5 billion valuation
- $2 billion investment from a group including Microsoft, at a $30 billion valuation
- $1.15 billion investment from a group comprising institutional investors, including funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and existing partners General Motors, SoftBank Vision Fund and Honda, at a $19 billion valuation
- Wynn Resorts in a series of transactions including:
- $1.7 billion sale of the land and real estate assets of Encore Boston Harbor to Realty Income
- sale of its Michigan iGaming Operations to Caesars Entertainment
- pending sale of its Mobile Sports Wagering Licenses in New York to PENN Entertainment
- Ingersoll-Rand plc in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Precision Flow Systems
- Twilio in its partnership with, and up to $750 million investment in, Syniverse
- Fortive Corporation in Industrial Scientific’s $570 million acquisition of Intelex Technologies
- ABRY Partners in its sale of Unison, a leading provider of procurement and contract management software to the Federal government, to The Carlyle Group
- Accenture in its acquisition of Symantec’s Cyber Security Services business from Broadcom, Inc.
- AIG in the sale of its broker dealer business to investment funds affiliated with Lightyear Capital and PSP Investments
- ATL Investco in its acquisition of the Atlanta Hawks NBA franchise
- Calabrio, a portfolio company of KKR, in its acquisition of Teleopti
- Castleton Commodities in its acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s physical oil merchant business
- Diageo in its acquisitions of Don Julio and Casamigos tequilas and its sale of Bushmills Irish whiskey
- Donuts Inc. in its acquisition of Afilias, Inc.
- Envista in its acquisition of Carestream Dental’s intraoral scanners business
- Affiliates of Goldman Sachs in the sale of American Casino and Entertainment Properties (operator of casino properties, including The Stratosphere, Las Vegas) to Golden Entertainment
- L Catterton in multiple transactions, including in:
- acquisition and disposition of Cholula
- acquisition of Airxcel
- strategic minority equity investment in FYidoctors
- Major League Baseball in connection with The Walt Disney Company’s investment in BAMTech
- Unilever in its acquisitions of TIGI hair care products and the personal care business of Sara Lee
- Wyndham Destinations in its acquisition of the Travel + Leisure brand and related assets from Meredith Corporation
Asset Management Transactions
- Castlelake in its $1.5 billion strategic partnership with Brookfield Asset Management
- Fortress in multiple transactions, including:
- acquisition of a global multi-manager hedge fund offering from PineBridge Investments
- acquisition of Fortress Investment Group from SoftBank
* Certain transactions occurred prior to joining Kirkland
Prior Experience
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Slaughter and May
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Education
- Columbia Law SchoolLL.M.2013
James Kent Scholar
- Oxford UniversityB.A., HistoryFirst Class Honours2004
News &
Insights
Kirkland Advises Gen Digital on Acquisition of MoneyLion for $1 Billion Plus CVR