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February 23, 2026
Kirkland Represents Once Upon a Farm on its $198M IPO
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- • Kirkland & Ellis advised Once Upon a Farm, PBC on its initial public offering of approximately 11 million shares of common stock. • The IPO was priced at $18.00 per share, with the company's common stock beginning trading on the NYSE on February 6, 2026. • The stock opened at $21 per share, representing a 16% increase from the IPO price, and closed the first day up 17%. • The Kirkland team included lawyers specializing in capital markets, corporate, investment funds, executive compensation, tax, debt finance, technology & IP transactions, and sustainability.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Once Upon a Farm, PBC, a leading baby and toddler food brand co-founded by actress Jennifer Garner, on its IPO of approximately 11 million shares of common stock at a public offering price of $18.00 per share. Once Upon a Farm’s common stock began trading on the NYSE on February 6, 2026. The stock opened at $21 per share, up 16% from its initial public offering price. The shares closed on the first day of trading up 17%. Read Once Upon a Farm’s press release The Kirkland team included capital markets lawyers Bob Hayward, Bob Goedert, Ashley Sinclair, Jackson Fountain, Ana Sempertegui, Katie Conterio, Mollie Goldfarb, Grace O’Connor and Muhammad Musani; corporate lawyers Ted Frankel, Kyle McHugh and Kate Kennedy; investment funds lawyers Nicholas Hemmingsen, Jasmina Resic and Peter Gauss; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson, Stephanie Jeane and Diana Soriano; tax lawyers Sara Zablotney and Brittany Nguyen; debt finance lawyers Thomas Dobleman and Patrick Loughery; technology & IP transactions lawyers Seth Traxler, Amber Harezlak and Eliza Holland; and sustainability lawyers Abbey Raish and Menaka Nayar.
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