Soren Kreider

W. Soren Kreider IV is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. Soren regularly represents clients in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic collaborations, spinoffs, restructurings, bankruptcy rights offerings and asset acquisitions, private placements, PIPE investments, venture capital investments, and other significant transactional matters across a number of industries, including infrastructure, life sciences, consumer goods, media and entertainment, sports and technology. Soren also has expertise in advising special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), private equity sponsors of SPACs, operating companies and investors in connection with SPAC business combinations and financing transactions.

Notable representations include:

Private Equity Transactions

• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of Safe Harbor Marinas, the largest marina and superyacht servicing business in the United States, from Sun Communities, Inc. for $5.65 billion.
• KKR in a number of transactions, including on KKR and ReliaQuest’s new funding round of more than $500 million led by EQT, KKR, and FTV Capital, with participation from other existing investors Ten Eleven Ventures and Finback Investment Partners.
• RedBird Capital Partners and the RedBird Capital joint venture with International Media Investments in a number of transactions, including on the acquisition of All3Media, a leading independent television production and distribution company, from its joint owners, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. and Liberty Global Ltd. for £1.15B.
• BTG Pactual Strategic Capital in a number of transactions, including on the sale of Legent Health to a newly formed partnership between General Atlantic and Hospital for Special Surgery, the sale of Evergreen Environmental Partners Holdings to Meridian Waste, numerous acquisitions by its portfolio company Unified Disposal Partners Holdings, a preferred equity investment in Leaf Home to support the acquisition of Erie Home, and a strategic investment in UniTek Global Services.
• RoundTable Healthcare Partners on its acquisition of EHOB, LLC.
• Cornell Capital in connection with its acquisitions of Fastaff Travel Nursing, U.S. Nursing Corporation, trustaff Management, Inc., CardioSolution and Stella.ai.*
• Kissner Group Holdings, and its equityholders, including Metalmark Capital and Silvertree-KMC II LP, a venture between Silverhawk Capital Partners and Demetree Salt, LLC, on its sale to Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC.*
• Goldman Sachs’ private equity, Tailwind Capital, Crestview Partners and Lightyear Capital LLC on various transactions.*

Strategic Acquisitions, Restructurings and Spinoffs

• C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC in its $1.77 billion acquisition of the SpartanNash Company.
• Nielsen Holdings plc and its shareholders in the sale of the NCSolutions and Marketing Mix Modeling businesses to Circana.
• Ocado Group plc on its acquisition of 6 River Systems from Shopify Inc.*
• Clarivate Analytics plc in multiple acquisitions and corporate governance matters, including its $950 million acquisition of Decision Resources Group from Piramal Enterprises Limited.*
• Roper Technologies in the $1.625 billion acquisition of iPipeline Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company previously owned by an affiliate of Thoma Bravo.*
• Masco Corporation in the acquisition of The L.D. Kichler Co.*
• Uniti Group Inc. in multiple acquisitions and internal REIT restructuring matters, including its $700 million acquisition of Southern Light, LLC and its $170 million acquisition of Hunt Telecommunications, LLC.*
• The separation, global reorganization and initial public offering of the lithium division of FMC Corporation into Livent Corporation.*
• The separation, global reorganization and spin-off of the jeanswear and outlets business of V.F. Corporation into Kontoor Brands.*
• Ad hoc group of secured lenders of American Commercial Lines, Inc. in connection with a restructuring and rights offering of American Commercial Lines, Inc. in connection with its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.*
• Ad hoc group of noteholders of Bristow Group Inc. in connection with a restructuring and rights offering of Bristow in connection with its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.*
• Multinational corporation based in Asia in the acquisition of assets out of the bankruptcy of a multinational retail chain in partnership with noteholders of the debtor.*

SPAC Transactions

• Constellation Acquisition Corp. and its sponsor on the transfer of the sponsor’s interests in Constellation to affiliates of Antarctica Capital Partners.*
• Priveterra Acquisition Corp. on its initial business combination with AEON Biopharma.*
• Lavoro Agro Limited on its $1.2 billion combination with TPB Acquisition Corp.*
• ProKidney LP on its $1.8 billion combination with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III and subsequent capital raising and acquisition transactions.*
• Dynamics Special Purpose Corp. on its $230 million IPO and its $601 million business combination with Senti Biosciences.*
• Alpha Capital Acquisition Company on its $1 billion merger with Semantix.*
• SatixFy Communications Ltd. on its pre-IPO financing, its $813 million combination with Endurance Acquisition Corp and subsequent capital raising and acquisition transactions.*
• Highland Transcend Partners I on its $1.9 billion merger with Pharmapacks.*
• Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. II on its $446 million combination with Eleusis.*
• Valens Semiconductor on its $1.1 billion combination with PTK Acquisition Corp. and subsequent capital raising and acquisition transactions.*
• Elliott Opportunity II Corp., a special purpose acquisition company formed by Elliott Investment Management, on its $609.5 million IPO.*

Other Mergers, Acquisitions, Dispositions and Joint Ventures

• Founder of an emerging technology company in the cybersecurity industry in connection with multiple U.S. and non- U.S. acquisitions of privately held businesses, general corporate matters, multiple Series A and Series B private placement capital raises, and joint venture transactions in Singapore and Central America.*
• Multinational corporation based in Central America on a joint venture and manufacturing relationship with a multinational corporation based in Asia.*
• Baker Hughes Incorporated on an agreement to create a North American land pressure pumping company with CSL Capital Management and West Street Energy Partners (WSEP), a fund managed by the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs.*

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Soren was a counsel at an international law firm. Soren received his law degree from the Columbia University School of Law where he was recognized as a James Kent Scholar and a Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize recipient. He also served as a Bluebook editor of the Columbia Law Review.

*Representations that occurred prior to Soren’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Capabilities

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Infrastructure
• Media, Entertainment, and Technology
• Private Equity
• Sports Law

Credentials

Education:

• Columbia University - 2015 Juris Doctor
• Grove City College - 2012 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New York Bar