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  1. Townsend Kaija
New York

Kaija Townsend

Associate
kaija.townsend@freshfields.com
New York: +1 646 668 5118
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About

Kaija is an associate whose practice focuses on strategic and private capital M&A matters. She regularly advises strategic companies and private equity sponsors as well as their portfolio companies on a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions.

Kaija has represented clients across all phases of complex buy-side and sell-side transactions, from diligence and auction process management through drafting and negotiating transaction documents, structuring considerations, regulatory approvals and closing execution.

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Mergers and acquisitions
Private equity
Private capital

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Private equity transactions

  • An industrial industry private equity sponsor on a complex merger and leveraged buyout with a regional sheet metal processing company.
  • A private equity sponsor on a rollover carve-out of an AI consulting company.
  • TPG on a definitive agreement to acquire PTC’s Kepware® industrial connectivity and ThingWorx® Internet of Things (IoT) businesses.
  • TPG on a binding agreement with GE Vernova to acquire its Proficy® manufacturing software business for $600m.
  • A large-market private equity sponsor on a $350m acquisition of a pharmacy management software company.
  • A large-market private equity sponsor on its asset acquisition of artificial intelligence software designed to streamline healthcare practice management.
  • A private equity sponsor on its acquisition of a subsidiary of a national health plan providing health insurance claims subrogation services.
  • A large-market private equity sponsor on its reverse-merger acquisition of a non-medical home care provider.
  • A mid-market private equity sponsor on its acquisition of a nationwide hospice provider.
  • A large-market UK private equity sponsor on its equity acquisition of a pharmacy commercialization company.

Other strategic transactions

  • A large regional health insurance company on its member substitution and 100% change of control of a not-for-profit health insurance plan.
  • A large New York health system on its bond financing.

Corporate governance

  • A large-scale private equity sponsor on its ongoing governance of a third-party administrator portfolio company and advised portfolio company on ongoing regulatory concerns.
  • The formation of a New York-incorporated subsidiary of a leading national mental health outpatient clinic and treatment center.
  • A large-market private equity sponsor on state regulatory implications for its portfolio companies.
  • Governance matters for a large private equity sponsor’s technology portfolio company, including management employment and award agreements.

*This list includes work that Kaija completed while at a prior firm.

Kaija Townsend

Associate
kaija.townsend@freshfields.com

T +1 646 668 5118

New York Office

3 World Trade Center

175 Greenwich Street, 51st Floor

New York, NY 10007

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