Kristin Millay

Kristin Millay is counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. As part of the Antitrust practice group, Kristin assists clients with both civil and criminal matters, including Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and the preparation of Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger notifications. Kristin has experience with criminal antitrust investigations and has represented a multinational corporation under investigation by the US government. Kristin also takes an active role in pro bono cases, having assisted one client in securing Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and another in obtaining asylum.

• Representation of Sotheby’s in connection with a $1 billion minority investment round with Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company ADQ and other investors.
• Representation of Rheinmetall AG (RHM) in its $950 million acquisition of Loc Performance Products
• Representation of OYO, an Indian hotel giant, on its $525 million acquisition of G6 Hospitality, the parent company of U.S. hospitality brand Motel 6
• Representation of Knorr-Bremse AG, a global market leader for braking systems and a leading provider of other rail and commercial vehicle systems, in its €630 million acquisition of Alstom’s North American conventional rail signaling business
• Representation of JOST Werke SE, a publicly traded German company, in a carve-out deal for the acquisition of Crenlo do Brasil from Angeles Equity Partners
• Representation of a Japanese bidder in a pending carve-out asset deal for a large industrial facility in the U.S.
• Representation of Daimler Truck in its acquisition of a majority stake in U.S. self-driving technology company Torc Robotics (through its subsidiary Daimler Trucks and Buses Holding Inc.) and relating shareholders’ arrangements, which transaction was selected as a finalist for Most Innovative Deal of the Year in The Deal Awards Middle Market
• Representation of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. in connection with the purchase of a controlling interest in, and the subsequent sale of, Tao Group Hospitality, operator of more than 80 branded locations in over 20 markets across four continents, including the Tao, Marquee, Lavo, Avenue, The Stanton Social, Beauty & Essex and Avenue restaurants and nightclubs
• Representation of Greenbriar Equity Group LLC in connection with the acquisition of automotive aftermarket parts and accessories distributor JEGS High Performance
• Representation of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. in connection with its sale to parent company and majority shareholder Santander Holdings USA Inc. in a $2.5 billion deal that took the Dallas-based auto lending and consumer finance company private
• Representation of financial advisory firm Geller & Co. in connection with the sale of Geller’s outsourced CFO and business services division to Bloomberg LP
• Representation of CF Acquisition Corp. V, a SPAC backed by New York investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, in connection with a $850 million IPO merger with Satellogic that took the satellite earth imagery provider public
• Representation of Grab Holdings Inc., Southeast Asia’s leading super app, in connection with its merger with SPAC Altimeter Growth Corp., a transaction that took Grab public in the largest SPAC merger ever ascribing to Grab a pro-forma equity value of approximately $39.6 billion
• Representation of Greenbriar Equity Group in connection with its acquisition of delivery company FragilePAK
• Representation of Kensington Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its $3.3 billion merger with QuantumScape, an electric vehicle battery supplier backed by Volkswagen Group
• Representation of Cartamundi Group, a global manufacturer of playing cards and board games, in its acquisition of the United States Playing Card Company from Newell Brands
• Representation of Bluestar Alliance and affiliates in connection with the acquisition of Hurley International from Nike
• Representation of global information technology leader Infosys in its acquisition of Simplus, the global leader of Salesforce quote-to-cash
• Representation of a major multinational corporation in a DOJ investigation into criminal price-fixing
• Representation of a senior sales executive in a DOJ investigation into criminal price-fixing
• Preparation of Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger notifications
• Advising clients in the pharmaceutical, TV broadcasting and medical device manufacturing industries on a variety of antitrust issues