John Kaercher, a private equity and M&A partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Austin, showcased an impressive example of professional dedication recently. Over the course of a single frenetic weekend, Kaercher served as the lead lawyer on three major deals, all of which neared completion between September 26 and 27. This already demanding window of professional obligation was further complicated by a concurrent personal commitment: a family wedding in Kansas City, Missouri.
According to Kaercher, the weekend preceding the deal announcements was “completely full of work,” so much so that he was required to step out of the wedding reception on multiple occasions to handle essential calls. Anticipating that work on the three transactions would intensify, Kaercher booked a return flight from Missouri to Austin late on September 24, allowing him to fully engage with the tasks at hand from the early hours of the next day.
One of the three transactions that culminated over this action-packed weekend involved facilitating a take-private operation for a Norwegian company. For further details on these transactions and Kaercher’s extraordinary professional balancing act, read more here.