Kelly L. C. Kriebs
Biography
Kelly Kriebs is a partner in the Transactional Practice Group in the Los Angeles office of Baker McKenzie. Kelly represents companies, private equity funds and entrepreneurs in complex corporate transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, carve-outs, and recapitalizations. She also advises boards and equity holders on corporate governance issues and strategic matters.
Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Kelly was a Corporate/M&A partner at another law firm.
Representative Legal Matters
- Represented Intel Corp. in the USD 9 billion divestiture of its SSD business and NAND memory manufacturing facility in China.
- Advised Atlassian Corp. in its largest acquisition to date, a USD 1 billion stock purchase of DX, a developer productivity platform.
- Represented TDK Corporation in signing its USD 400 million acquisition of Fabric8Labs, Inc., the manufacturer of an advanced metal 3D printing technology, Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM).
- Acted as counsel for Seven Seas Entertainment, Inc., the largest independently owned manga publisher in the English-language market, in its sale to an affiliate of MEDIA DO Co., Ltd, Japan's largest eBook distribution company.
- Represented the co-founder of Aptive Environmental, one of the largest residential pest control service providers in North America, in its sale to Citation Capital.
- Represented Silvaco Group, Inc. in its acquisition of Mixel Group, Inc. a provider of low-power, high-performance semiconductor IP targeting high-growth end markets,
- Advised a luxury streetwear fashion house in its partnerships with a national retail chain and a multinational sportswear manufacturer. Continues to advise on general corporate and strategic matters.
- Represented Nexus Capital Management in its acquisitions of Lamps Plus and Sky Organics, as well as in the merger of the FTD florist network with From You Flowers.
- Acted as counsel to the largest independent woman-owned marketing agency in its sale to Publicis Groupe, a multinational advertising and public relations company.
- Advised on various roll-up acquisitions by Envoy Solutions, a diversified distribution company and subsidiary of Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A. de CV (FEMSA).
- Acted as counsel to Mitsubishi Electric USA in the creation of its joint venture with Ingersoll-Rand for the marketing, sales and distribution of HVAC products.
- Represented investment funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group in the acquisition and subsequent sale of Revolution Studios to Content Partners.
- Advised BDT&MSD Partners in its investment in GoodLeap, a technology company providing financing and software products for home efficiency and solar solutions.
- Represented infrastructure support services company Cotton Holdings in its sale to Sun Capital.
- A semiconductor technology development and production fab in the USD 140 million sale of its assets to a German multinational engineering and technology company
- Alaska Airlines in its definitive agreement to acquire Hawaiian Airlines for approximately USD 1.9 billion
- Crocus Technology, a developer of tunnel magneto-resistance sensor products, in its USD 420 million acquisition by Allegro MicroSystems
- INEOS in its definitive agreement to acquire LyondellBasell’s ethylene oxide and derivatives business for USD 700 million
- PowerSchool, a provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, in its USD 300 million acquisition of SchoolMessenger from West Technology Group
- PW Consortium in its USD 1.84 billion merger with PureWest Energy
- Samsung Display in its USD 218 million acquisition of eMagin Corporation, a designer of OLED microdisplays for high-resolution, AR/VR, and other near-eye imaging products
- Textainer Group Holdings in its USD 7.4 billion acquisition by Stonepeak
- Broadcom in its USD 69 billion acquisition of VMware
- CJ ENM in its acquisition of a majority stake in Endeavor Content for USD 775 million
- Semtech in its USD 1.2 billion acquisition of Sierra Wireless
- SurePrep LLC, a provider of income tax automation software, in its USD 500 million acquisition by Thomson Reuters
- Targus in its acquisition by B. Riley Principal Investments
- A private investment firm in its USD 450 million sale of a majority interest in a developer of pharmacy automation technologies to Walgreens
- AT&T in the sale of TMZ to Fox Corp.
- Cepton Technologies, an automotive lidar developer, in its USD 1.5 billion merger with the Growth Capital Acquisition Corp. SPAC
- DigiLens, a developer of optical solutions for mobile compute devices, in its USD 500 million Series D financing led by Samsung Electronics
- DL Chemical Co. in its USD 2.5 billion acquisition of Kraton Corporation
* Includes matters prior to joining Baker McKenzie.
Admissions
- California~United States
Education
- UCLA School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif) (1999)
- University of California, Riverside (B.A., magna cum laude) (1995)
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