The University of Texas School of Law

Dartmouth College

Partner at BakerHostetler

Dallas, Texas, United States

Partner in BakerHostetler's Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity and Venture Capital group.

BakerHostetler

Partner

Partner in Kirkland's mergers & acquisitions and private equity group.

Kirkland & Ellis

Attorney in Weil's Mergers & Acquisitions group. Representative transactions include:

- SoftBank Group Corp. in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Fortress Investment Group LLC

- General Motors in its $4.2 billion acquisition of Ally Bank's European and Latin American auto finance operations and its share in a Chinese joint venture

- Apache Corporation in its $2.95 billion sale of a stake in its Egypt oil and gas business to, and the formation of a joint venture with, Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation

- WPX Energy, Inc. in its $2.75 billion acquisition of RKI Exploration & Production, LLC

-       LIN Media LLC in its $2.6 billion merger with Media General, Inc.

- CEC Entertainment, Inc. in its $1.3 billion take-private by Apollo Global Management, LLC

- Apco Oil & Gas International, Inc. in its $427 million sale to Pluspetrol Black River Corporation

- Capital Z Partners in its $239 million sale of Permanent General Companies, Inc. to American Family Insurance Company

- Innospec, Inc. in its $225 million acquisition of the European surfactants business of Huntsman Corporation

- Azure Midstream Partners, LP in the $189 million 363 bankruptcy sale of its midstream business, assets and operating subsidiaries to Enterprise Products Operating LLC

- Perella Weinberg Partners in its combination with Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

- CVC Capital Partners in its acquisition of majority control of Cunningham Lindsey Group Limited

- ORIX USA Corporation (a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation) in its acquisition of Lancaster Pollard Holdings, LLC

- OUTFRONT Media (f/k/a CBS Outdoor Americas) in its acquisition of Reynolds Outdoor Media, Inc.

- Providence Equity Partners in its provision of equity to Blackboard Inc. to finance Blackboard's acquisition of Higher One Holdings, Inc.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Counsel

- Advised on and resolved legal issues related to investment, compliance and operational matters for Q Investments, a multi-strategy investment fund investing in public markets, private equity, venture capital, aviation assets, emerging markets and distressed assets

-  Primary responsibility for all legal matters of Q Aviation, a major global commercial aircraft operating lessor (and division of Q Investments) with a peak portfolio value of over $1.0 billion. Responsibilities included: acquisitions and sales of aviation assets, structuring investments into multiple jurisdictions and day-to-day legal counsel and management of the Q Aviation legal team

Q Investments

Associate in Cravath's mergers & acquisitions and banking & finance group. Representative transactions include:

-   Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation in its $44 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

-   Johnson & Johnson in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Mentor Corporation

-   Johnson & Johnson in its $170 million acquisition of HealthMedia, Inc.

-   IBM in its acquisition of National Interest Security Company LLC

-   Purchaser in $7 billion attempted acquisition of network computing and software company

-   Purchaser in $1 billion and $4 billion attempted acquisitions of animal health assets

-   Target in approximately $10 billion leveraged buyout by private equity sponsor

-   Barnes & Noble in its adoption of a “poison pill” and successful takeover defense against Ron Burkle and The Yucaipa Companies

-   Magnesita Refratarios S.A. in its joint venture with Krosaki Harima Corporation

-   Numerous investment banks in acquisition financings and syndicated loans

Ryan Gorsche