Kiel Sauerman is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Department. His practice focuses on corporate and securities transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and securities regulation and corporate governance.

Mr. Sauerman graduated, cum laude, from Cornell University Law School in 2018, receiving the CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Patent Law and Advanced Issues in Mediation. He received his B.A. in English Literature with an emphasis on Renaissance Prose and Poetry from Florida State University in 2007.

Prior to law school, Mr. Sauerman served in the United States Navy for six years as a nuclear reactor operator onboard the USS Ronald Reagan, a nuclear aircraft carrier in the Pacific Fleet.

Mr. Sauerman is admitted to the State Bar of Texas.

Experience

• Counsel to CenterOak Partners LLC in its acquisitions and divestitures of numerous businesses, including Cascade Windows, Wetzels Pretzels, Aakash Chemicals, Full-Speed Automotive, SurfacePrep, Hometown Services, CollisionRight and Service Champions
• Counsel to Satori Capital in its minority investment in Torani, the flavor company
• Counsel to Arcosa, Inc. in its acquisition of Cherry Industries, a provider of infrastructure-related products and solutions
• Counsel to Quad-C Management in divestiture of Compassion First, a veterinary services organization, to JAB Holdings
• Counsel to Kimberly-Clark Corporation in its acquisition of Softex Indonesia, a leader in the fast-growing Indonesian personal care market, for approximately $1.2 billion from a group of shareholders including CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific IV
• Counsel to BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley in offerings of senior notes by Pioneer Natural Resources Company