Kyle T. Seifried is a partner in the Paul, Weiss Mergers & Acquisitions Group. His practice focuses on public and private company acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, cross-border transactions and securities transactions. Seifried also regularly advises clients on activist defense, corporate governance and compliance matters, federal and state reporting obligations, takeover preparedness and other significant corporate matters. Additionally, Seifried has advised numerous investment banking clients in transactional and financial advisory work.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Infrastructure, Corporate |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Infrastructure, Corporate |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | M&A, Infrastructure, Corporate |
Seifried’s representations include advising:
- Acerinox in its acquisition of Haynes International
- Amazon in its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical and its proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of iRobot
- Bally Technologies in its $5.1 billion sale to Scientific Games
- Bioverativ in its $11.6 billion sale to Sanofi
- CDK Global in its $8.3 billion sale to Brookfield Business Partners
- Chevron in its $55 billion acquisition of Hess Corporation; its $7.6 billion acquisition of PDC Energy; its $3.15 billion acquisition of Renewable Energy Group; its $13 billion acquisition of Noble Energy; and its proposed $50 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum
- Google in its acquisition of Apigee
- The Hershey Company in connection with an unsolicited offer from Mondelēz International
- IBM in its $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat
- JACK Entertainment in the $1 billion sale of Greektown Casino-Hotel to Penn National Gaming and VICI Properties; the sale of JACK Cincinnati Casino to Hard Rock International and VICI Properties; and the sale of Turfway Park to Churchill Downs
- Masimo in its proxy contest against Politan Capital Management
- McDonald’s in its proxy contest against Carl Icahn
- News Corporation in its $5 billion acquisition of Dow Jones
- Red Robin Gourmet Burgers in its settlement agreement with JCP Investment Management LLC and Jumana Capital Investments LLC, in connection with an unsolicited takeover offer from Vintage Capital Management, the adoption of its shareholder rights plan, its proxy contest against and settlement agreement with Vintage, and the activist campaign by VIEX Capital Advisors
- Starbucks Corporation in its successful proxy contest against the Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of labor unions
- Video Game Technologies in its $1.3 billion sale to Aristocrat Leisure
- WMS Industries in its $1.5 billion sale to Scientific Games
- World Wrestling Entertainment in its agreement with Endeavor Group Holdings to merge WWE with UFC to form a new publicly listed company with an enterprise value of $21.4 billion