EXPERIENCE

Kristiina’s recent representative experience includes:

• Cadmus, a provider of technical and strategic expertise to governments, energy utilities and private sector companies and portfolio company of CI Capital Partners, in its acquisitions of:
  • Ventera, a technology consulting firm
  • Nathan Associates, an international development consultancy
  • Wheelhouse Group, a change management services provider
• Kohlberg & Company, alongside VMG Partners and Peterson Partners, in its sale of a significant stake in [solidcore], a network of fitness studios, to L Catterton
• RXO in its acquisition of Coyote Logistics
• Brighton Park Capital in:
  • its $200 million acquisition, alongside The Carlyle Group, of a minority stake in Indegene, an enterprise healthtech solutions provider
  • its Series D investment in Silverfort, an Israel-based identity protection company
• Advance, a founder and major shareholder of Discovery, Inc., in the $150 billion Reverse Morris Trust transaction that combined AT&T’s WarnerMedia business with Discovery, Inc.
• Angelo Gordon in its $2.7 billion sale to TPG
• General Atlantic in:
  • a consortium alongside Stone Point Capital in their $1.65 billion take-private acquisition of HireRight
  • alongside Aperture New Holdings, a portfolio company of General Atlantic and the parent company of OptionsHouse, an online broker, in the $725 million acquisition of Aperture by E*TRADE Financial
  • its definitive agreement related to a $325 million Series E equity finance round for Avant, a marketplace lending platform
  • alongside Forma Brands in the acquisition of Playa Beauty, a haircare company
• Roark Capital Group in:
  • its $200 million investment in the Cheesecake Factory
  • its acquisition of Nothing Bundt Cakes
• Alignment Healthcare, a portfolio company of General Atlantic and a mission-based Medicare Advantage insurance company, in the $115 million investment in Alignment Healthcare by Warburg Pincus
• American & Efird, a portfolio company of KPS Capital Partners, in its sale to Platinum Equity Capital Partners
• AM Conservation Group, an energy and water efficiency programs, products and services company and portfolio company of Kohlberg & Company, in its merger with Franklin Energy
• Franklin Energy, a clean energy transition platform and portfolio company of Kohlberg & Company,in its acquisition of PlanetEcosystems, a developer of software-based technology solutions for utilities
• NBG Home, a global designer, manufacturer and marketer of home décor products and a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Company, in its acquisition of Design Solutions International, a global importer and distributor of residential lighting products
• The Yokohama Rubber Co., a leading tire manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Alliance Tire Group, a portfolio company of KKR
• Grain Management in its sale of 400 wireless towers and assets for approximately $500 million to American Tower Corp.
• Bellisio Foods, a frozen food company and portfolio company of Centre Partners, in its $1.075 billion acquisition by Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), a Thailand-based agro-industrial conglomerate
• An ad hoc committee of PIK loan lenders to EB Holdings II, the parent company of Eco-Bat Technologies Limited, the world’s largest producer of lead and lead alloys, in the restructuring of approximately $2.5 billion in funded debt obligations
• Foundation Building Materials, a building materials company and a portfolio company of CI Capital Partners, in its simultaneous acquisition of Great Western Building Materials, Oxnard Building Materials and ProWall Building Products, a family of wholesale distributors of building materials
• Time Warner Cable in its $78.7 billion merger with Charter Communications
• Hunt Companies, a holding company that invests in businesses focused in the real estate and infrastructure markets, in:
  • the $200 million committed minority equity investment in certain of Hunt's financial services and asset management businesses by affiliates of Gallatin Point Capital
  • its acquisition of certain real estate related assets, management externalization and private placement transactions with MMA Capital Management
  • its external management agreement and private placement transactions with Five Oaks Investment Corp., a publicly traded REIT
• TowerCo, a developer, owner and lessor of communication towers, in the $244 million sale of 253 wireless communications towers and 95 other related assets to Grain Management