Daniel A. Guerin, P.C.

Kirkland & Ellis represents leading private equity firm GTCR, which announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Consumer Cellular, Inc. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Consumer Cellular, provides postpaid wireless services with a focus on the 50+ demographic. The company currently serves approximately four million subscribers nationwide, providing affordable cellular plans and award-winning customer service. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020. Read more in GTCR’s press release The Kirkland team included transactional partners Daniel Guerin, Lauren Yeager and Stephen Ritchie, and associates Edwin Cruz and Benjamin Vizvary, debt finance partners Chris Butler, Tom Dobleman, Mary Liz Brady, and associate Joe Patterson, employee benefits partners Alexandra Mihalas and associate Jack Amaro, environmental partner Sara Webber and associate Tyler Burgess, labor and employment partner Michael Schulman, real estate partner Roberto Miceli and associate Ashley Thompson, technology & IP transactions partners Seth Traxler and Aaron Lorber and associate Jessie Perlman, and tax partners Polina Liberman and Greg Gallagher and associate Paul Hendrickson.

Oct 28

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising GTCR in its definitive agreement to acquire ADT’s Commercial fire and security segment (ADTC) from ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT), a transaction that values the business at approximately $1.6 billion. ADTC is among the leading national providers of electronic security and fire safety services to commercial enterprises and multi-site national accounts. It was formed through ADT's 2017 merger with Protection 1 (P1), a prior GTCR investment. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2023 subject to customary regulatory approvals. Read GTCR’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Daniel Guerin, Kyle McHugh and Stephen Ritchie, and also included corporate associates Christopher Grady, Kate Kennedy, Katie Nagley, Andrew Zeller and Anna Grilley; debt finance partners Patrick Loughery and Thomas Dobleman and associates Alex Straka and Alex Bender; tax partners Mike Carew and Polina Liberman and associate Rory Minnis; executive compensation partner Michael Krasnovsky and associates Lauren Cates and Dillon Jones; employee benefits partner Alexandra Mihalas and associates Mackenzie Packard and Hannah Barlow; technology & IP transactions partners Seth Traxler, Aaron Lorber and Matthew Darch and associates John Poulos and Malia Taqbeem; employment and labor partner Sydney Jones and associates Jaime Wamble and Maayan Sachs; real estate partner Rob Miceli and associate Benjamin Stoyenko; environmental partner Carleigh Trappe-Rodriguez and associate Katie McKeen; litigation partner Aaron Marks; international trade & national security partners Mario Mancuso and Luci Hague and associate Chad Crowell; government contracts partner Boyd Greene; antitrust & competition partners Ian John, Jill Ross and Mike Thorpe and associates Catherine Kordestani and Ben Feis; transactional liability insurance partners Hayley Hollender and Jessica Sicsu; and investment funds partners Sean Malone, Mike Pergler and Katy Kim and associates Devon Salge and Zachary Scott Roemer.

Aug 8

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Linden Capital Partners (Linden) a Chicago-based private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, on its acquisition of LifeStyles Healthcare (LifeStyles), a global sexual health and wellness platform, from a consortium of investors including Trustar Capital and Humanwell Healthcare. The LifeStyles investment comes as a result of Linden’s growing consumer healthcare sector effort. As part of the transaction, the Chinese operations of LifeStyles, including the Jissbon brand, will be separated from the parent company and be retained by the selling shareholders. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Robert Wilson, Daniel Guerin and Brett Nelson and associates Will Guthrie, Zach Simon and Gino Jacobazzi, debt finance partners Thomas Dobleman and Lee Discher and associates Sara Koniewicz-Krob, Chris Massie and Georgie Bierwirth, tax partner Kevin Coenen and associate Christopher Worek, and technology & IP transactions partners Daniel Lewis and Matthew Darch and associate Payton McCoy.

Dec 2

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised GTCR LLC, a leading private equity firm, on its acquisition of Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRI) (‘AMRI’), a global contract research, development and manufacturing organization, alongside the Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager. Under the terms of the agreement AMRI’s stockholders will receive $21.75 per share in cash, representing a 42 percent premium over the 60-day weighted average closing stock price. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions. The full press release is available here. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Sanford Perl, Michael Weed, William Sorabella, Daniel Guerin and Christopher Butler.

Jun 6

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Solara Medical Supplies, LLC on its agreement to be acquired by AdaptHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: AHCO), a leading provider of home medical equipment, supplies and related services in the United States. Founded in 2002, Solara is the largest independent distributor of continuous glucose monitors (“CGM”) in the United States and offers a comprehensive suite of direct-to-patient diabetes management supplies to patients throughout the country, including CGMs, insulin pumps and other diabetic supplies. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020 and is subject to certain customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Read the AdaptHealth press release The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Robert Wilson and Daniel Guerin and associates Brett Nelson, Tyler Mordecai, and George Boden.

May 26

1 min