Kyle Adams advises clients on a full spectrum of complex corporate matters, particularly involving public company M&A.

Kyle represents public and private companies, private equity funds and their portfolio companies, and strategic investors in:

  • Mergers and acquisitions, including related securities law aspects
  • Take-private transactions
  • Rule 13e-3 transactions
  • Leveraged buyouts
  • Joint ventures
  • Carve-outs
  • General corporate matters

Kyle’s experience encompasses a range of industries that include technology, health care, life sciences, energy, gaming, retail and consumer products, telecommunications, and commercial lending, among others.

Kyle’s experience includes representing:

Public Company Transactions

  • Fubo in its combination with Disney’s Hulu + Live TV Virtual MVPD Business
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Sculptor Capital Management in Sculptor’s sale to Rithm Capital
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Cool Company in Cool Co.’s sale to its majority stockholder, EPS Ventures
  • Mister Car Wash in its sale to its majority stockholder, Leonard Green & Partners
  • Bowman Consulting Group in its sale to Bernhard Capital Partners
  • ironSource in its de-SPAC merger with Thoma Bravo Advantage
  • Avangrid in its acquisition of PNM Resources*
  • NRG Energy in its acquisition of Direct Energy
  • Vistra in its:
    • Acquisition of Energy Harbor Corp.
    • Acquisition of Ambit Holdings
    • Acquisition of the remaining 15% interest in the joint venture Vistra Vision from affiliates of Nuveen and Avenue
  • Oatly in its:
    • Initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq
    • Equity investment round, led by Blackstone Growth 
  • Innovid in its sale to Mediaocean
  • Pelthos Therapeutics in its pending acquisition of Castle Creek Biosciences
  • Ayala Pharmaceuticals in its sale to Advaxis
  • Romeo Power in its sale to Nikola
  • GlobalFoundries in its acquisition of Tagore Technology
  • Ribbon Communications in its acquisition of Anova Data
  • PureTech Health in its acquisition of Gelesis

Private Company Transactions

  • Mammoth Brands (f/k/a Harry’s) in its: 
    • Proposed merger with Edgewell Personal Care*
    • Acquisition of Coterie 
  • Sightline Payments in connection with:
    • Equity investment rounds, led by Cannae Holdings and valuing Sightline at over US$1 billion
    • An equity investment round, led by J.P. Morgan Payments
    • Its acquisition of Joingo
  • Remix Therapeutics in its pending reverse merger with Passage Bio
  • Venator Materials in its divestment of its 50% interest in Louisiana Pigment to Kronos Worldwide

Private Equity Transactions

  • Leonard Green & Partners and its portfolio companies in numerous acquisitions and divestitures, including relating to:
    • SRS Distribution in its $18.25 billion sale to The Home Depot, the fourth-largest US PE-backed exit ever
    • MDVIP in its sale to West Street Capital Partners
    • AerSale in its de-SPAC transaction with Monocle
    • Aspen Dental in its acquisition of ClearChoice
    • CHG Healthcare in its acquisition of LocumsMart
  • The Blackstone Group in its:
    • Sale of its stake in Cheniere Energy Partners
    • Acquisition of the US motorways business of HMSHost
  • Ares in its acquisition of:
    • Pacific Western Bank’s lender finance portfolio
    • Annaly Capital Management’s middle-market lending portfolio
  • Odyssey and its portfolio company Protective Industrial Products in its acquisition of Honeywell’s Personal Protective Equipment Business
  • Energy Capital Partners in its acquisition of Borrego Solar’s energy and solar storage development business
  • Astorg and its portfolio company Open HEALTH in the acquisition of The CM Group
  • Cinven in its acquisition of Jaggaer from Accel-KKR
  • Searchlight Capital Partners in its strategic investment in Sightline Payments
  • Aquiline Capital Partners in its divestment of ENGS Commercial Finance

Financial Advisors

  • Morgan Stanley and LionTree Advisors as financial advisors to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of MSG Networks in its sale to Madison Square Garden Entertainment

*Deal was terminated

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Notre Dame Law School, 2017
    magna cum laude, Managing Senior Editor, Notre Dame Law Review
  • BA in Political Science, Wake Forest University, 2014
    cum laude