Kristen Rohr

Selected experience includes:

• Altria Group, Inc. in (i) its acquisition of NJOY Holdings, Inc., giving Altria ownership of NJOY's e-vapor product portfolio, for US$2.75 billion in cash payable at closing with an additional US$500 million in cash payments that are contingent upon regulatory outcomes with respect to certain NJOY products, and (ii) the US$1.2 billion sale by its subsidiary, UST LLC, of its Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (Ste. Michelle) business to Sycamore Partners Management, L.P.
• Elementis Plc, a global specialty chemicals company, on its US$170 million sale of its chromium business to Yildirim Group.
• NTT DATA, Inc., a recognized leader in global technology services, in the acquisition of (i) Net eSolutions Corp., a provider of digital design and transformation services for US Department of Health and Human Services agencies; and (ii) Nexient, LLC, a US-based software services firm.
• AutoCruitment LLC, an industry leader in clinical trial patient recruitment in its sale to NovaQuest Capital Management, a life science investment firm.
• Dynegy Inc. in its US$119 million sale of two intermediate gas-fueled plants located in Dighton and Milford, Massachusetts to Starwood Energy.
• DigitalBridge Group, Inc. on its joint venture with IFM Investors in connection with the US$11 billion acquisition of Switch, Inc.
• Diamond S Shipping Inc., one of the largest publicly listed owners and operators of crude and product tankers, in its US$2 billion merger with International Seaways, Inc., one of the largest tanker companies worldwide providing energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products.
• Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM), a global gold and copper producer based in the United States, on its (i) A$26.2 billion acquisition of leading gold mining company Newcrest Mining Limited by way of an Australian court-approved scheme of arrangementand (ii)
• US$10 billion acquisition of Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG, TSX: G), a Canadian senior gold producer.
• Roark Capital Group and Inspire Brands, Inc., a global multi-brand restaurant company, in the acquisition of Jimmy John's LLC, a fast-food sandwich restaurant chain.
• Seaspan Corporation (NYSE: SSW), the world's largest independent containership owner-operator, in its acquisition of the remaining 89% of Greater China Intermodal Investments LLC it did not previously own from affiliates of The Carlyle Group and other minority owners at an implied enterprise value of US$1.6 billion.
• Qatar Investment Authority in its co-investment with a consortium led by Tencent Holdings Ltd. and its affiliate Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE: TME) in the acquisition of a 10 percent stake in Universal Music Group, from Vivendi S.A.
• Roivant Sciences Ltd., a biopharmaceutical drug development company, in its (i) US$1.1 billion equity financing from SoftBank Vision Fund and in the launch of Genevant Sciences Ltd., a joint venture with Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (NASDAQ: ABUS), focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of a broad range of RNA-based therapeutics enabled by Arbutus' proprietary lipid nanoparticle (LNP) and ligand conjugate delivery technologies (ii) in its US$1.1 billion equity financing from SoftBank Vision Fund.
• Fortis Inc., Canada's largest publicly-owned distribution utility, in its US$11.3 billion acquisition of ITC Holdings Corp., an electric transmission company operating in the Great Lakes and Great Plains regions.
• Hovensa L.L.C., a US Virgin Islands company and a joint venture formed by Hess Corp. and Petróleos de Venezuela in the sale of substantially all of its petroleum terminalling assets pursuant to Sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, to a subsidiary of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC.
• Anthem, Inc., one of the nation's largest health benefits companies, in its recently terminated US$54.2 billion agreement to acquire Cigna Corporation, a combination that garnered front-page coverage for over 2 years and involved extensive coordination of a White & Case team of cross-practice lawyers in M&A, antitrust, litigation and bank finance.
• Federal-Mogul Corporation, a public company controlled by Carl Icahn and a leading global supplier of products and services in the automotive sector, in its acquisition of Affinia Group Inc.'s chassis business.
• Dominus Capital in the (i) sale of Cincinnati Fan & Ventilator, a manufacturer of industrial fans and blowers (ii) in in the acquisition of W.F. Taylor, a leading adhesives and coatings manufacturer for the floor covering industry.
• ION Acquisition Corp 1 Ltd. (NYSE: IACA), a SPAC, in its US$2.6 billion business combination with Taboola.com Ltd., an Israeli private company and a global leader in powering recommendations for the open web.
• I Squared Capital in their portfolio company's (American Intermodal Management) merger with FlexiVan Leasing, the third-largest marine chassis provider in the US.
• Certares Management LLC in:
  • its investment in AmaWaterways, a leading luxury river cruising company; and
  • its acquisition of Guardian Alarm, a super-regional security provider.
• Iconix Brand Group, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed consumer brand management company, in its US$100 million sale of intellectual property assets and licenses primarily related to the Sharper Image brand in the United States, Latin America, China, India and Israel.
• Harvest Partners in the sale of its portfolio company, Driven Brands, Inc., one of the leading franchisors in the automotive aftermarket.