Carlo Zenkner — corporate partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP's profile of Carlo Zenkner, a corporate partner in its New York office whose practice centers on public and private company mergers and acquisitions and corporate and securities law matters. Representative matters listed include AbbVie's $63 billion acquisition of Allergan, Kraft Foods Group's $55 billion merger with H.J. Heinz Company and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' defense of a $7.8 billion hostile takeover by Choice Hotels International. The list also includes OnDeck Capital in its sale to Enova International and GM Cruise Holdings transactions such as a $2.8 billion investment from Honda, with a note that certain transactions occurred prior to joining Kirkland. He previously worked at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Slaughter and May and studied at Columbia Law School and Oxford University.
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carlo.zenkner@kirkland.com New York +1 212 390 4109 PDF V Practices Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity Corporate Governance Transactional 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. 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 $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 Peppertree Capital in its $960 million sale to TPG Fortress in multiple transactions, including: acquisition of a global multi-manager hedge fund offering from PineBridge Investments acquisition of Fortress Investment Group from SoftBank Hilco Global in its majority stake sale to ORIX USA * Certain transactions occurred prior to joining Kirkland Prior Experience Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Slaughter and May Credentials Admissions & Qualifications New York Education Columbia Law SchoolLL.M.2013 James Kent Scholar Oxford UniversityB.A., HistoryFirst Class Honours2004 18 June 2026 Press Release Kirkland Advises Thoreau to Make Strategic Growth Investment in Ensemble 14 January 2026 In the News Kirkland Once Again Ranked by Industry Peers as a Top Law Firm for Activism Defense 07 July 2025 Press Release Kirkland Advises Hilco Global on Majority Stake Sale to ORIX USA 06 May 2025 Press Release Kirkland Advises Peppertree Capital Management on Sale to TPG 10 December 2024 Press Release Kirkland Advises Gen Digital on Acquisition of MoneyLion for $1 Billion Plus CVR
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