E. Kyle Barnett

KYLE BARNETT focuses his practice on technology and life sciences transactions. Kyle counsels clients primarily in the area of intellectual property and technology transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, IP licenses, software development and licensing, outsourcing, and other commercial arrangements.

Kyle received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a board member of the Science and Technology Law Review. He received a B.A. in political science from Brigham Young University.

Kyle’s experience includes the following representations:

• Herc Rentals in its sale of Cinelease to Zello.
• One Equity Partners in connection with its investment in Brown & Root Industrial Services, a provider of non-discretionary, specialty industrial services.
• Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD) in its US$2.2 billion acquisition of Fundamental Income Properties, LLC. (pending).
• Thompson Street Capital Partners in its acquisition of Bubbakoo’s Burritos.
• Chelsea FC Women and its affiliates in an investment by Seven Seven Six, the investment group founded by Alexis Ohanian.
• Precisely, a provider of cloud-based data integrity solutions, in its acquisition of DTS Software, a provider of software solutions for enterprise storage management.
• Stryker in its US$4.9 billion acquisition of Inari Medical, Inc. (pending).
• Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. in the US$4.4 billion sale of United States Cellular Corporation’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets to T-Mobile US, Inc., including a combination of cash and up to approximately US$2 billion of assumed debt.
• Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I in the US$434 million definitive business combination agreement with Tyfon Culture Holdings Limited.
• Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners in the US$2.1 billion acquisition of Software Integrity Group.
• Aon plc in the sale of Healthy Paws to Chubb.
• Perforce Software in its acquisition of Delphix.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in a significant new equity investment in Dodge Construction Network.
• Symplr in its agreement to acquire Midas Health Analytics Solutions from Conduent Incorporated.
• Proven Brands, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.’s Better For You Holdings food platform, in its sale for approximately $259 million to Hain Celestial Group, Inc., an organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
• Prudential Financial, Inc. in the sale of a US$31 billion portion of its in-force legacy variable annuity block for US$2.2 billion to Fortitude Re, Bermuda’s largest multi-line reinsurer.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its proposed US$5.2 billion acquisition of Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., a global leader in talent management software.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its US$3 billion take-private acquisition of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.
• Zywave, Inc., a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a portfolio company of Accel-KKR
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of nThrive’s Technology Division from nThrive Holdings, LP, a portfolio company of Pamplona Capital Management
• symplr in its acquisitions of TractManager, Inc., an Arsenal Capital Partners portfolio company, ComplyTrack from the Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory division, and API Healthcare from Veritas Capital
• Dude Solutions Inc., backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in the acquisition of Confirm® from Precisely
• Provation, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of ePreop, Inc.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of Zywave, Inc.
• Represented Athene Holding Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of the business of Donlen Corporation from Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
• Goldman Sachs in numerous investment and sale transactions including: Acronis, Aryaka, Blue Sage, CallMiner, deepwatch, Egnyte, Innovid, LeanTaaS, and Zipwhip
• Great Hill Partners in numerous investment, acquisition, and sale transactions, including: CustomInk, Gizmodo Media Group, EnterpriseDB, TodayTix, and ZoomInfo
• Sixth Street in investment and sale transactions, including DrFirst, MDLIVE, Medsphere and SmartDrive
• RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused specifically on the healthcare industry, and its portfolio companies, including multiple transactions related to the expansion of RoundTable’s Santa Cruz Nutritionals portfolio company
• A health insurance organization in negotiating a comprehensive IT outsourcing contract.
• A private equity firm in its acquisition of a global software company specializing in big data, high-speed sorting products, and data integration software and services.
• A publicly traded company in its carve-out sale of its transportation industry technology services business.
• A private equity firm in its acquisition of the North American business of a leading international cosmetics company.
• A private equity firm in its acquisition of a provider of software solutions for employee giving, grants management, and corporate social responsibility.
• A private equity firm in its investment in a global provider of web hosting and managed cloud services.
• Various clients regarding intellectual property and technology issues in mergers, acquisitions, and asset purchases, including the structuring and drafting of purchase agreements, financing agreements, and transition services agreements.

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.