Leonard Kreynin
Focuses on M&A, private equity transactions, joint ventures, restructurings, spinoffs and corporate governance. A 2023 American Lawyer “Dealmaker of the Year.”
Leonard is a member of our Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices. His practice focuses on M&A, private equity transactions, joint ventures, restructurings, spinoffs, corporate governance and related matters.
Private equity clients Leonard has advised on multiple transactions include Brookfield Business Partners, I Squared, Metalmark, Tailwind, Avista, Morgan Stanley private equity and infrastructure funds, and their portfolio companies. Corporate clients he has advised on multiple transactions include SS&C, Cboe, BATS, Syngenta, Citigroup, Hanover Insurance Group, Shire, Comcast, Honeywell, Hyosung, Gillette, Roche, Qwest Communications and Shell.
The American Lawyer named Leonard a 2023 “Dealmaker of the Year” for his work advising Brookfield in connection with the $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen by a private equity consortium.
Experience
- SS&C in its acquisitions of Advent Software, Battea Class Action Services, Blue Prism, Calastone, Citigroup’s Alternative Investor Services business, Conifer Financial Services, DST Systems, IBM’s Algorithmics business, Innovest, Intralinks, Primatics Financial and Vidado
- Brookfield Business Partners in its acquisitions of Johnson Controls’ Power Solutions Business (Clarios), Nielsen Holdings, CDK Global and DexKo Global
- Clarios, a Brookfield portfolio company, in various transactions
- DexKo Global, a Brookfield portfolio company, in its acquisition of TexTrail businesses
- Mastronardi in multiple transactions
- Syngenta in a number of transactions, including its defense of an unsolicited bid by Monsanto, technology exchange and joint venture with DuPont, and acquisition of Golden Harvest
- Cboe in its acquisitions of BIDS Trading and Trading Technologies
- Gain Capital in a number of acquisitions including its merger with StoneX, dispositions and successful defense of an unsolicited acquisition proposal
- Crane NXT in its acquisition of OpSec Security
- Selling shareholder in the Icon Parking management-led buyout
- LIV Capital Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its combination with AgileThought, and LIV Capital Acquistion Corp. II, a SPAC, in its combination with Covalto
- Tuatara Capital Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its combination with springbig
- Recapitalizations of ATI Physical Therapy and Health Medical Associates
- CNOOC in its acquisition of Nexen in what was the largest overseas acquisition by a Chinese company
- Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors of Quicksilver Resources in a potential “going private” transaction proposed by its Chairman and CEO
- A lead investor in the acquisition of Kinder Morgan by an investor group
- Gillette in its acquisition by Procter & Gamble
- Qwest Communications in its hostile bids for US WEST and Frontier and its merger with US WEST
- Echlin in its successful defense against a hostile bid by SPX and its merger with Dana
- Shell Oil in its joint ventures with Texaco and Saudi Aramco
- Quicksilver Resources in the disposition of Quicksilver Gas Services, a natural gas exploration and processing company, to First Reserve
- Ruby Pipeline’s chapter 11 restructuring
Recognition
American Lawyer – “Dealmaker of the Year,” 2023
IFLR1000 – M&A, Private Equity, United States, Highly Regarded
MergerLinks – “Top Private Equity Lawyers in North America,” 2022
Education
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Notes and Comments Editor, Columbia Law Review
- Phi Beta Kappa
Clerkships
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York