Kimberly C. Petillo-Décossard
Biography
“Kimberly is extremely knowledgeable and is a tremendous advocate. Her approach is always thoughtful, considered and nuanced. Our company has benefited tremendously from her counsel.” Chambers USA
Overview
Kimberly Petillo-Décossard is the Co-Head of White & Case's Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and is a partner in the New York office.
Kimberly advises public and private companies, boards, founders and family offices on complex business law matters, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, as well as governance, disclosure and compliance matters.
Clients describe Kimberly as an attorney who "is excellent in terms of responsiveness and client service. She's thoughtful, practical and a real deal-maker." She has experience practicing in a variety of industries, including: biotechnology, energy, financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, media, pharmaceutical, retail and technology.
Current representations include Arch Capital Group Ltd., Broadridge Financial Solutions, Cook Medical, Dyadic International, Inc., ICON plc, Kaspien Holdings, North European Oil Royalty Trust, Novonix Ltd., Shutterstock Inc., Solventum, and other privately and publicly-held companies.
A highly-sought speaker and author on M&A, transactional matters and corporate governance topics, Kimberly has written pieces for Law360, The Deal, Corporate Board Member, New York Law Journal and Directorship, a publication of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). She has both moderated and spoken on panels at The Deal Economy Conference in New York, the National Association of Women Lawyers, Women Corporate Director Forum, NACD's Summit, the ABA's Women in M&A Task Force, BIO's CEO Conference and Thomson Reuters' NY M&A Forum, among many others.
Experience
Notable transactions include:
- 1-800-FLOWERS.COM in connection with its:
- Sale of Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc.
- Acquisition of Harry & David and the related acquisition financing.
- Acquisition of PersonalizationMall.com.
- Acquisition of Shari's Berries Brand.
- Acquisition of Vital Choice.
- Acquisition of Things Remembered®.
- Alstom on its entry into a binding agreement to sell its North American conventional rail signaling business to Knorr-Bremse AG, the world's leading manufacturer of braking systems, for approximately €630 million.
- Arch Capital in connection with its acquisition of Watford Holdings.
- Ascend Health Corporation in connection with its acquisition by Universal Health Services, Inc.
- Cable One. Inc. in its acquisition or investment in three communications service providers.
- Dyadic International, Inc. in connection with its sale of substantially all of the assets of its Industrial Technology business to DuPont Industrial Biosciences.
- ICON plc in connection with its:
- Acquisition of Aptiv Solutions, Inc.
- Acquisition of Clinical Research Management, Inc.
- Acquisition of the clinical trial services division of Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., which includes ClinForce, LLC and its subsidiaries, Assent Consulting, Inc. and Metropolitan Research Associates, Inc.
- Acquisition of MolecularMD, a Portland, OR-based molecular diagnostics lab.
- Acquisition of PRA Health Sciences, Inc.
- Acquisition of Symphony Clinical Research.
- IDP Holdings, a joint venture of Ironshore Holdings and The Distinguished Programs Group in connection with its acquisition of the hospitality business of National Specialty Underwriters.
- Ironshore Inc. in connection with the acquisition by Fosun International Limited.
- S&P Global in connection with its acquisition of 451 Research, LLC.
- Shutterstock, Inc. in its:
- Acquisition of Envato.
- Acquisition of Backgrid Inc.
- Agreement to merge with Getty Images Holdings.
- Acquisition of GIPHY.
- Acquisition of Pond5.
- Acquisition of Splash News.
- Springs Industries in connection with its acquisition by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital.
- The Empire District Electric Company in connection with its acquisition by a subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
- The Shade Store LLC in connection with Great Hill Partners' investment in the Company.
- TransWorld Entertainment in connection with its sale of FYE.
Leading Corporate/M&A lawyer
Chambers USA (New York), 2024
Leading Lawyers in America Lawdragon 500, 2024
Highly Regarded and a Women Leader, IFLR1000, 2024
"Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A"
Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine, 2024
"Dealmaker of the Year"
The American Lawyer, 2022
M&A MVP
Law360, 2021
