ProfessionalsMarta P. Kelly

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A partner in the 麻豆视频 Department and a member of the M&A, Private Equity, and Antitrust Practice Groups, Marta Kelly specializes in antitrust counseling for transactions. She advises clients on competition and merger notification compliance and strategy, prepares competition filings and obtains approvals in the U.S. and globally, and handles general M&A antitrust matters such as risk assessment and allocation, integration planning, and gun-jumping. She also assesses the competitive effects of proposed transactions, advocates before the FTC and the DOJ, and responds to requests for additional information.
Marta works with clients including multinational corporations, growth equity investors, private equity sponsors, and hedge funds on complex investments and transactions across all industries.
Marta was Associate Editor of the St. John's Law Review.
EXPERIENCE
Marta has advised on over 500 transactions totaling more than $500 billion in value. Recent representative transactions include:
- 3G Capital in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Hunter Douglas.
- ADP in its acquisition of WorkForce Software.
- Aptiv plc in its $4 billion autonomous driving joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group and its $4.3 billion acquisition of Wind River.
- Bioverativ Inc.聽in its $11.6 billion acquisition by Sanofi.
- Caisse de d茅p么t et placement du Qu茅bec in its $4.3 billion joint acquisition, with KKR, of USI Insurance Services, from Onex Corporation and its affiliates.
- Carrier Global Corporation in the $1.425 billion sale of its Industrial Fire business to Sentinel Capital Partners and in the $3 billion sale of its Commercial and Residential Fire Business to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds.
- CSRA in its $9.7 billion acquisition by General Dynamics.
- Est茅e Lauder Companies in the $2.8 billion acquisition of the TOM FORD brand.
- General Atlantic in myriad growth equity investments, acquisitions and divestitures in life sciences, technology, healthcare, financial services, climate, and consumer verticals.
- General Mills in its $1.45 billion acquisition of Whitebridge Pet Brands鈥 North American premium Cat feeding and Pet treating business from NXMH.
- GSK plc, a UK-based global pharmaceutical company, in its $2 billion acquisition of BELLUS Health, a Canada-based biopharmaceutical company.
- IBM in its:
- successful $6.4 billion acquisition of HashiCorp;
- in its $4.6 billion acquisition of Apptio; and
- in the sale of The Weather Company to Francisco Partners, a California-based private equity firm.
- ILG in its approximately $4.6 billion sale to Marriott Vacations Worldwide.
- Inspire Brands, Inc., an affiliate of Roark Capital Group, in its $11.3 billion acquisition of Dunkin鈥 Brands Group, Inc., the parent company of Dunkin鈥 and Baskin-Robbins.
- KPS Capital Partners, LP in its:
- $1.8 billion acquisition of Howden from Colfax Corporation;
- acquisition of DexKo Global Inc. and its affiliates; and
- acquisition of TaylorMade Golf Company from adidas AG.
- The Kraft Heinz Company in its $3.2 billion sale of its natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese businesses to Groupe Lactalis.
- Mastercard in its $2.65 billion acquisition of Recorded Future from Insight Partners.
- Merck in its $10.8 billion all-cash acquisition of Prometheus Biosciences, Inc.
- Outbrain, an Israel-based advertisement technology firm, in the antitrust aspects of its $1 billion acquisition of Teads, a New York-based advertisement technology firm, from Altice S.A.
- Ply Gem Holdings, Inc. in its approximately $2.4 billion acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
- Roark Capital Group in connection with its:
- successful acquisition of Subway, one of the world鈥檚 largest quick service restaurant brands; and
- acquisition of Asset Living, a Texas-based property management firm.
- Rocket Companies in their $1.75 billion acquisition of Redfin.
- Sanford Health in connection with its:
- combination with Marshfield Clinic to form an integrated health system serving the rural Midwest; and
- combination with Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center and Black Hills Surgical Hospital after which Black Hills will transition to nonprofit status and operate as part of Sanford Health.
- Score Media & Gaming, Inc. in its $2 billion sale to Penn National Gaming, Inc.
- TPG in connection with its:
- acquisition of Miratech; and
- $2.2 billion take-private acquisition of Altus Power, Inc.
- Virtu Financial, Inc. in its approximately $1.4 billion acquisition of KCG Holdings, Inc. and in the related $750 million investment in Virtu by North Island, GIC, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Temasek.
- WestRock in its $20 billion combination with Smurfit Kappa, creating Smurfit WestRock, a global leader in sustainable packaging.
- World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) in its agreement with Endeavor to combine with UFC to form TKO Group Holdings in a $21 billion merger.