Kyra Bromley, a widely recognized leader in the HSR bar, focuses her practice on antitrust considerations in transformational transactions.

Kyra draws on more than two decades of experience and a sophisticated understanding of evolving regulatory environments to guide clients through pre-merger notifications and reviews before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ), and other US and international regulators.

She regularly advises companies and private equity firms on the antitrust aspects of complex and cross-border transactions in a range of industries, including:

  • Financial services
  • Insurance
  • Healthcare and life sciences
  • Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Entertainment, sports, and media
  • Retail and consumer products

A recognized thought leader, Kyra is a member of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section. She was also a contributing author and editor of the American Bar Association’s Premerger Notification Practice Manual.

Kyra’s representative clients include:

  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on dozens of acquisitions, sales, and investments worth billions*
  • GreensLedge on Raymond James’ acquisition of a majority stake in GreensLedge*
  • Warner Music Group on its joint venture with Bain Capital to purchase up to US$1.2 billion of legendary music catalogs across both recorded music and music publishing*
  • BMO on acquiring Burgundy Asset Management and Clearpool Group*
  • Kelso & Company and its portfolio companies on multiple investments and strategic transactions worth billions*
  • Cerberus on:
    • Selling Rosebank Industries for approximately US$1.9 billion*
    • Selling Cyanco to Orica for US$640 million*
  • Roku on acquiring Frndly TV*
  • CRC Group on acquiring ARC Excess & Surplus*
  • DAZN on acquiring Foxtel Group for US$2.2 billion*
  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company on its agreement with the founding family of W. R. Berkley Corporation, including the acquisition of 15% of shares in W. R. Berkley Corporation for approximately US$3.8 billion*
  • American Express on acquiring Center and Resy*
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on:
    • Forming a programmatic joint venture between CPP Investments and Bridge Industrial to acquire Core+ and Value-Add Industrial Properties*
    • Selling its interests in Goodman North American Partnership for approximately US$2.2 billion*
  • CPP Investments as lead investor on a US$400 million Series C financing for insitro*
  • Access Industries on Calpine’s US$26.6 billion sale to Constellation*
  • Oaktree Capital Management and Velocity Risk on the US$525 million sale of Velocity Risk to Ryan Specialty and the sale of Velocity Specialty Insurance Company to FM*
  • Oaktree Capital Management on acquiring Velocity Risk*
  • Stone Point Capital on:
    • Its equity investment in the Ardonagh Group, valuing Ardonagh at US$14 billion*
    • Investing in Lone Wolf Technologies*
    • Acquiring Safe-Guard*
  • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners on:
    • Selling Sila Services to the private equity business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives*
    • Selling World 50 to a single asset GP-led continuation fund investment vehicle*
    • Selling 24 Seven to a single asset GP-led continuation fund vehicle*
    • Investing in World 50*
  • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners and Pathway Vet Alliance on the US$2.7 billion sale of a majority stake in Pathway to TSG Consumer Partners*
  • Konica Minolta on:
    • Selling its subsidiary Ambry Genetics to Tempus AI for US$600 million*
    • Selling its subsidiary Invicro to Calyx*
  • Tractor Supply Company on acquiring Allivet*
  • S&S Activewear and its majority owner Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on S&S Activewear’s acquisition of alphabroder*
  • S&S Activewear on:
    • Acquiring TSF Sportswear*
    • Acquiring TSC Apparel*
  • Dover Corporation on:
    • Acquiring Marshall Excelsior for US$395 million*
    • Acquiring Malema for US$225 million*
    • Acquiring Engineered Controls International for US$631 million*
  • Safe-Guard Products International on Hellman & Friedman’s majority investment*
  • Pactiv Evergreen on:
    • Selling its Pine Bluff, Arkansas, paper mill and Waynesville, North Carolina, extrusion facilities to Suzano*
    • Acquiring Fabri-Kal for US$380 million*
  • Valenz Health on acquiring Healthcare Bluebook*
  • White Cap on:
    • Acquiring Dayton Superior*
    • Acquiring Ram Tool*
  • Windstream Holdings on merging with publicly held Uniti Group*
  • Cornerstone Building Brands on:
    • Acquiring Harvey*
    • Selling its roll-up sheet door business, DBCI, to Janus for US$168 million*
  • Cynosure on its strategic combination with Lutronic*
  • Schneider Electric on:
    • Selling its subsidiary AutoGrid to Uplight*
    • Acquiring EV Connect and EnergySage*
  • Hamilton Lane as lead investor on the formation of MiddleGround Capital’s US$440 million MiddleGround Carbon CV fund*
  • Elliott on:
    • Its investment leading Speyside’s single asset continuation fund to support the future growth of its portfolio company Opta*
    • Acquiring Barnes & Noble for US$683 million*
  • Ascent on its sale to affiliates of H.I.G.*
  • Five Arrows on acquiring a majority stake in n2y*
  • Prudential Financial on its global investment management business’ acquisition of a majority interest in Deerpath Capital Management and its associated affiliates*
  • Prudential plc and Jackson National on the reinsurance to Athene of US$27.6 billion of Jackson’s in-force fixed and fixed index annuities and a US$500 million equity investment in Jackson’s holding company*
  • StanCorp Financial Group on:
    • Acquiring Elevance Health’s Life & Disability business*
    • Its US$5 billion sale to Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company*
  • Pernod Ricard on:
    • Acquiring a majority stake in Skrewball*
    • Acquiring a majority stake in Código 1530 Ultra Premium and Prestige Tequila*
    • Investing in Tequila Avión*
  • Gentiva on acquiring Heartland*
  • Inovar Packaging Group on acquiring Cimarron Label and Western Printing*
  • HarbourVest Partners, NewQuest Capital, and Committed Advisors as the investor consortium for CSP Fund II, a US$700 million continuation fund to hold assets previously managed by Capital Square Partners and Basil Partners*
  • Providence Equity Partners on investing in a multi-decade lease for nine marquee billboards at Two Times Square and 1600 Broadway from Universal Branding Group*
  • OEConnection (OEC) and Providence Equity on selling a majority stake in OEC to Genstar Capital*
  • Mitsui on:
    • Forming the Blue Water Alliance, a joint venture in partnership with Olin Corporation*
    • Its joint venture with Codelco to acquire 29.5% of Anglo American Sur*
  • Transdev on acquiring FirstTransit*
  • TA Associates on acquiring TouchTunes*
  • Constellation, backed by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, on its acquisition of and US$500 million capital contribution to Ohio National as part of Ohio National’s demutualization process*
  • Total Financial Solutions on merging with Reich & Tang Deposit Networks*
  • Blackstone as lead investor on DNAnexus’ US$200 million financing round*
  • Carlyle on:
    • Its strategic partnership with Orsini*
    • Syniverse’s US$2.85 billion merger, later terminated, with special purpose acquisition company M3-Brigade Acquisition II resulting in Syniverse becoming a publicly traded company*
    • Twilio’s US$750 million investment in Syniverse*
    • Acquiring a majority interest in Fortitude RE for US$1.8 billion with T&D Holdings*
  • Kindred Healthcare on its sale to LifePoint Health*
  • Consilio on acquiring Legility*
  • A major investor in Envigo on the sale of Envigo to Inotiv for a total transaction value of approximately US$545 million*
  • Jackson and Prudential plc on the separation of Jackson through a demerger in a transaction valued at approximately US$2.5 billion, establishing Jackson as an independent, publicly traded company*
  • Glendower Capital on its strategic partnership with CVC*
  • Lone Wolf on acquiring Propertybase*
  • American International Group on:
    • Its strategic partnership with Blackstone Group*
    • Acquiring Validus Group for US$5.56 billion*
    • Obtaining merger control approval in 22 jurisdictions globally, including one of the earliest COMESA approvals, for its US$7.6 billion sale of International Lease Finance Corporation to NYSE-listed AerCap Holdings N.V.*
  • Temasek on its US$1.7 billion sale of BluJay to E2open Parent Holdings*
  • Artera on acquiring Feeney Utility Services Group*
  • Domtar on:
    • Its US$3 billion sale to Paper Excellence*
    • Selling its personal care business to American Industrial Partners for US$920 million*
  • Bass Pro Group on Great American Outdoors Group’s acquisition of Sportsman’s Warehouse*
  • Precision Medical Group on its US$2.4 billion sale to Blackstone*
  • Third Point Re on its US$788 million merger with Sirius*
  • Aveva Group on acquiring OSIsoft for US$5 billion*
  • Pantheon on its equity investment as part of the proposed £2 billion takeover by KKR of John Laing Group*
  • GoDaddy on acquiring Neustar’s Registry business*
  • AXA Equitable Holdings on agreeing to sell US Financial Life Insurance Company & MONY Life Insurance Company of the Americas*
  • Emergent Cold Storage on its sale to Lineage Logistics*
  • Lovell Minnick on its take-private deal for Charles Taylor*
  • Risk Strategies on acquiring Maritime Program Group and Gowrie Group from Gowrie Holdings*
  • Risk Strategies on acquiring Krauter & Company and Oxford Risk Management*
  • SouthernCarlson on its sale to Kyocera Corporation*
  • NCI Building Systems on:
    • Its acquisition of Environmental Materials*
    • Acquiring CENTRIA for US$245 million*
  • Japan Post Holdings on purchasing a strategic stake of approximately 7% of Aflac*
  • Hojeij Branded Foods on its US$330 million sale to Lagardère Travel Retail*
  • Solenis on its combination with BASF’s paper and water chemicals business*
  • Pitney Bowes on selling its global production mail business to Platinum Equity*
  • TPG and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe on:
    • Their US$1.4 billion acquisition of Curo Health Services with Humana*
    • Acquiring Kindred Healthcare for US$4.1 billion*
  • SunSource on acquiring Ryan Herco Flow Solutions*
  • Precision Medicine Group on a US$275 million investment*
  • Westfield on its US$24.7 billion sale to Unibail-Rodamco*
  • Cornell Capital as a lead investor on the US$2.05 billion acquisition of Talcott Resolution*
  • Time on its US$2.8 billion sale to Meredith*
  • AmTrust Financial Services on a strategic transaction with Madison Dearborn for a portion of AmTrust’s US fee businesses valued at US$1.15 billion*
  • Resolution Life on its sale of Lincoln Benefit Life to Global Bankers Insurance Group (terminated)*
  • Discovery on acquiring Scripps Networks Interactive for US$14.6 billion*
  • Showa Denko on the US aspects of acquiring SGL GE Holding*
  • Hony Capital on its investment in the WeWork Companies*
  • Hussmann on its US$1.5 billion sale to Panasonic*
  • Guardian on its subsidiary Reed Group’s acquisition of Aon Hewitt’s absence management administration business*
  • TruGreen and CD&R on TruGreen’s merger with Scotts LawnService*
  • American Securities and P2 Capital Partners on acquiring Blount International for US$855*
  • Activision Blizzard on acquiring King Digital Entertainment for US$5.9 billion*
  • PharMEDium on its US$2.6 billion sale to AmerisourceBergen*
  • J.C. Flowers and Ascensus on the sale of Ascensus to Genstar Capital and Aquiline Capital Partners*
  • Truck-Lite on its sale to Koch Equity Development and BDT Capital Partners*
  • Lannett on acquiring Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals for US$1.23 billion*
  • Independent Committee of the Board of Directors of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia on its US$365 million sale to Sequential Brands*
  • Morgan Stanley Private Equity on:
    • Its US$600 million sale of Creative Circle to NYSE-listed On Assignment*
    • Selling EmployBridge to Select Staffing for US$410 million*
  • Catlin Group in its sale to XL Group for approximately £2.79 billion*
  • Standard General on acquiring RadioShack’s asset-based credit facility from GE Capital*
  • Chemtura on the US$1 billion sale of its agrochemicals business*
  • TIAA-CREF on acquiring Nuveen Investments for US$6.25 billion*
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Dell on the US$24.9 billion sale of Dell to an investor group including Michael Dell and Silver Lake*
  • Markel Corporation on acquiring Alterra Capital Holdings for US$3.13 billion*
  • Oriental Trading Company on its sale to Berkshire Hathaway*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Emory University School of Law, 1993
    with distinction
  • BA, University of Pennsylvania, 1988