Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 18, 2024

Technology-focused private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, announced Thursday it has agreed to buy a majority interest in financial technology business EquiLend, which is represented in the deal by Paul Hastings LLP.

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Law 360 M&A

APRIL 4, 2024

Global law firms Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Goodwin Procter LLP and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz were among the most active legal counsel providers for global mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of this year, according to a new report from the London Stock Exchange Group.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

said Monday it has agreed to acquire software company Adenza from private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $10.5 billion, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP serving as legal adviser to Adenza and Thoma Bravo. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz-led Nasdaq Inc.

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Law 360 M&A

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Clifford Chance has boosted its energy and infrastructure team with the addition of attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to its burgeoning Houston office, the firm announced Monday.

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 10, 2023

A former attorney with Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has rejoined the firm as a partner in its corporate practice in Chicago after a stint at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was also a partner, Faegre Drinker announced.

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Financial Times M&A

MARCH 24, 2022

At least four-fifths of Pamplona Capital Management’s funds come from Mikhail Fridman’s LetterOne

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Law 360 M&A

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Private equity firms CVC Capital Partners, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, and Haveli Investments have agreed to buy British video game developer and publisher Jagex from private equity giant Carlyle, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, in a deal worth around £900 million ($1.14 billion), according to a Friday announcement.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 5, 2023

Alston & Bird LLP has added two former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partners in its Silicon Valley office, bolstering the firm's corporate and business transactions group and its private equity team, the firm announced Friday.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 10, 2023

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has added a more-than 16 year veteran from Latham & Watkins LLP to its capital markets team in Washington, D.C., the firm announced on Tuesday.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Bain Capital's insurance arm announced Wednesday it is creating a new insurance platform through a $200 million acquisition of mutual insurer GuideOne's operations, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP advising the private equity firm and Foley & Lardner LLP representing the carrier.

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Law 360 M&A

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's employment team is bringing on a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney who has built up a practice at the intersection of labor law and transactional work, the firm said Wednesday.

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Law 360 M&A

APRIL 29, 2022

With so much mergers and acquisitions news this week, you may have missed several deals announced in the last several days helmed by firms such as Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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Law 360 M&A

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A longtime Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney has taken her business restructuring and reorganization-focused practice to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Washington, D.C., office, the firm said Tuesday.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

based private equity firm Cinven said Friday it has agreed to buy the outstanding shares of Synlab AG it does not already own for €10 ($10.6) billion, with counsel from Kirkland & Ellis LLP. apiece, which equates to more than $1.3

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 7, 2023

Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led investment firm Garnett Station Partners LLC and its portfolio company Authentic Restaurant Brands have agreed to purchase Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc. for $225 million, the companies confirmed on Monday.

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 11, 2022

Real estate ground-leasing firms Safehold Inc. and iStar announced they will combine Thursday in a deal advised by Kirkland & Ellis that values iStar at nearly $1.6

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 22, 2022

Private equity firm EQT said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire SPT Labtech, a manufacturer of automated instruments for laboratory research, from investment firm Battery Ventures for £650 million ($798 million) in cash. Kirkland & Ellis advised EQT on the acquisition.

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 7, 2023

Private equity firm Nautic Partners will merge with New Jersey pharmacy management company Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc. in a $570 million all-cash transaction steered by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the companies announced Monday.

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Law 360 M&A

JULY 18, 2023

has agreed to buy Crescent Point Capital, an Asia-focused private equity firm with $3.8 billion in assets under management, which is being guided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Milbank LLP on the transaction. Latham & Watkins LLP-led Ares Management Corp.

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 22, 2022

a provider of financial services and regulatory technology, will be taken private by investment firms Centerbridge Partners LP and Bridgeport Partners in a $1.6 billion deal guided by Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Kirkland & Ellis and Weil Gotshal & Manges, the companies said Monday. Computer Services Inc.,

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 20, 2022

With so much mergers and acquisitions news this week, you may have missed several deals announced in the last several days helmed by firms such as Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 6, 2022

Wolf, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Sunday, May 1, 2022. The Quality of Earnings Information in Dual-Class Firms. Tags: Capital formation , Direct listings , IPOs , Mergers & acquisitions , Private firms , Public firms , Securities regulation , SPACs. Crenshaw, U.S. Posted by Daniel E.

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Law 360 M&A

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Latham & Watkins LLP added a partner from Kirkland & Ellis LLP to its transactional tax practice in New York, one who has advised the tax aspects for more than a dozen billion-dollar funds, the firm announced.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Buyout firm Thoma Bravo will acquire and take private cloud-based technology firm Coupa Software Inc. through an $8 billion all-cash deal guided by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the parties announced Monday.

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 29, 2023

Latham & Watkins LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP are among the firms guiding talks for a multibillion-dollar merger between Webhelp and Concentrix Corp., the companies revealed Wednesday, in a potential deal that would bolster both companies' positions as leaders in the rapidly-growing customer experience industry.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 20, 2023

Cybersecurity company Magnet Forensics on Friday reached an agreement to be purchased by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for CA$1.8 billion), in a deal advised by Blake Cassels, Dentons, Kirkland & Ellis and McMillian. billion ($1.34

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Private Funds CFO

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The firm has taken on a partner from Kirkland & Ellis to expand its regulatory capabilities.

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Law 360 M&A

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Kirkland & Ellis-led Thoma Bravo will pay $2.3 billion to acquire and take private the digital identity management provider ForgeRock, the latter firm said Tuesday.

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 16, 2022

Winston & Strawn LLP is bolstering its transactions practice with the hire of a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner, the firm announced Monday.

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 2, 2022

Guided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, private equity firm KKR said Tuesday it's selling Minnesota Rubber and Plastics to Swedish polymers business Trelleborg Group for $950 million.

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Law 360 M&A

OCTOBER 27, 2022

UserTesting, a customer website testing platform, announced on Thursday it has been acquired by software investment firms Thoma Bravo and Sunstone Partners for approximately $1.3 billion in a deal steered by Fenwick & West LLP, Kirkland & Ellis and Cooley LLP.

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Law 360 M&A

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Proskauer Rose on Monday announced the arrival of a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner to its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice, marking yet another addition to a list of recent transactional hires at the firm.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Kirkland & Ellis-led investment firm Altaris, currently a minority owner of Bass Berry & Sims-guided Trean Insurance Group with a 47% stake, has agreed to purchase all the company's outstanding shares in a go-private deal that values Trean at $316 million in total, according to a Friday announcement.

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 30, 2022

billion from software investment firm Thoma Bravo LP in an all-cash deal steered by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Cooley LLP, the companies announced Tuesday. Roper Technologies Inc. will buy Frontline Education for $3.38

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

Software investment firm Thoma Bravo LP, guided by Goodwin Procter LLP, said Wednesday it will acquire private identity management and security platform Ping Identity Corp., represented by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, in a deal worth $2.8

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP guided real estate firm Oak Street and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, respectively, in acquiring DLA Piper-counseled real estate investment trust STORE Capital for $14 billion in cash, the companies announced Thursday.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 10, 2022

Baker McKenzie added a new partner who was previously at Kirkland & Ellis LLP to its expanding tax practice, the firm said in a statement.

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