Brian Krause

Mergers & Acquisitions

AbbVie in its up to $212.5 million acquisition of Landos Biopharma.
Advance in a $150 billion Reverse Morris Trust transaction merging WarnerMedia with Discovery.
Albireo in its sale to Ipsen.
Amedisys in its $3.3 billion combination with Optum.
Aptiv in the separation of its Electrical Distribution Systems business and its $4.3 billion acquisition of Wind River from TPG Capital.
Casey’s General Stores in its $1.145 billion acquisition of Fikes Wholesale.
Chevron in its $55 billion acquisition of Hess and $7.6 billion acquisition of PDC Energy.
Clearlake Capital Group in a consortium to acquire Chelsea Football Club.
Crown Castle in its $8.5 billion sale of small cells and fiber solutions to EQT and Zayo.
Dassault Systèmes in its $5.8 billion acquisition of Medidata Solutions.
Endeavor Energy Resources in its $26 billion merger with Diamondback Energy.
Enstar Group in its $5.1 billion sale to Sixth Street and other institutional investors.
General Electric in the spin-offs of GE Healthcare and GE Vernova and launch of GE Aerospace.
Inhibrx in its $2.2 billion sale of INBRX-101 to Sanofi and the spin-off of Inhibrx Biosciences.
MGM in its $8.45 billion sale to Amazon.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment in the spin-off of its live entertainment businesses, creating Sphere Entertainment.
Noble Energy in its $3.2 billion acquisition of Clayton Williams Energy.
NorthStar Asset Management Group in its merger of equals with Colony Capital and NorthStar Realty Finance.
ONEOK in the spin-off of its natural gas local distribution company and acquisition of publicly traded units of ONEOK Partners.
Oak Hill Capital in investing in U.S. Oral Surgery Management.
Pfizer in the tax aspects of its consumer health care joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline, its terminated $160 billion combination with Allergan, and its $11.9 billion divestiture of its infant nutrition business to Nestlé.
QAD in its $2 billion sale to Thoma Bravo.
Qualcomm, alongside SSW Partners, in its $4.5 billion bid for Veoneer.
The Hershey Company in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Amplify Snack Brands.
WestRock in its $20 billion combination with Smurfit Kappa, creating Smurfit WestRock.
World Wrestling Entertainment in its merger agreement with Endeavor Group Holdings to merge WWE with UFC, forming a new publicly listed company.
Worldpay in a merger with FIS valued at $43 billion.
ZT Systems in its $4.9 billion sale to Advanced Micro Devices.
ZeniMax Media in its $7.5 billion acquisition by Microsoft.

Restructuring and Bankruptcy

Diamond Sports Group in its successful Chapter 11 cases filed in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
An ad hoc group of unsecured noteholders of Service King in its recapitalization.
Atlas Resource Partners in its prepackaged bankruptcy plan, one of the first Chapter 11 reorganizations of a master limited partnership.
CIT Group in its prepackaged bankruptcy plan.
Triangle USA Petroleum in its Chapter 11 reorganization.

Investment Funds and Corporate Finance