Adam Holzschuh

Kirkland & Ellis advised funds advised by Apax Partners (the "Apax Funds") on its definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake of Herjavec Group (HG), an award-winning global Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) and cyber operations leader. Founder & CEO, Robert Herjavec, will remain as a significant stakeholder and the firm's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The financial terms of the transaction, which is subject to applicable regulatory approvals, were not disclosed. Read the Apax Partners press release The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Sri Kaushik and Abhishek Kolay and associates Adam Holzschuh and Kartik Khanna, debt finance partner Nick Schwartz and associate Ashley Martin, technology & IP transactions partner Dan Lewis and associate Bernadette Coppola, tax partner Jared Rusman, international trade partner Ivan Schlager, and executive compensation partner Rohit Nafday.

Feb 11

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that 200 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective October 1, 2024. Austin Name Practice Area Tanya Jane Embers Debt Finance Kelly King M&A and Private Equity James John Lomeo Intellectual Property Litigation Rachel Malhiet Tax John L. Polansky Intellectual Property Litigation Bay Area Name Practice Area Alistair Blacklock Litigation Michael Brar Investment Funds Psalm Cheung Antitrust & Competition Benjamin J. Jain M&A and Private Equity Todd Melchior Investment Funds Sean O'Connell Investment Funds Seth J. Pritchard Technology & IP Transactions Christopher Simpson Investment Funds Julia Waterhous ESG & Impact Michael White M&A and Private Equity Boston Name Practice Area Elizabeth M. Kelly Litigation Tony Mu Investment Funds William G. Phalen International Trade & National Security Kimberly Snyder M&A and Private Equity Chicago Name Practice Area Sarah K. Angelino Litigation Brian D. Arnfelt M&A and Private Equity Josephine Bae M&A and Private Equity Francesco A. Castaldi M&A and Private Equity Shirley Chan Litigation Alan Chen M&A and Private Equity Rob Dixon M&A and Private Equity Wes Gangi Investment Funds Frankie P. Gregg M&A and Private Equity Gabriela Zamfir Hensley Restructuring Adam M. Janes Intellectual Property Litigation Matthew Kita Debt Finance Jacob A. Klapholz Debt Finance Kelly McGinnis Kluka Healthcare Mike Kraft Litigation Neal Loughery Debt Finance Joshua Morgan Investment Funds Neha Nigam Litigation Caitlin Pyrce Employee Benefits Zoe Quick M&A and Private Equity Jasmina H. Resic Investment Funds Scottie Shermetaro Technology & IP Transactions Chris Stackhouse Litigation Claire Stephens Restructuring Katie J. Welch Litigation Carolyn J. Weltman Litigation Dallas Name Practice Area Jessica Berkowitz M&A and Private Equity John Christian Litigation Alexandra Dayneka-Hayes M&A and Private Equity Matthew Taylor Demopoulos Debt Finance James B. Kelly Debt Finance Ethan Joel Levinton Litigation Thomas Matteson M&A and Private Equity Jordan Rex M&A and Private Equity Skyler Sikes M&A and Private Equity Adam Wojcik M&A and Private Equity Hong Kong Name Practice Area Yawen Li M&A and Private Equity Mavis Sun Restructuring Mack Wan Investment Funds Jiayi Wang M&A and Private Equity Jonathan Yan M&A and Private Equity Leo Zhou M&A and Private Equity Houston Name Practice Area Ahmed N. Alrikhaimi Project Development & Construction Jack Chadderdon M&A and Private Equity Susan Czaikowski Investment Funds Jarrod Hunter Gamble M&A and Private Equity Peter Hyams M&A and Private Equity Grant Jones Litigation Daniel J. Kirksey Debt Finance Rebekah Kostelak Executive Compensation Charles H. Martin Debt Finance Nicole Dressler Martin Tax Brandon A. Newman Executive Compensation Orla O'Callaghan Litigation Danielle O'Neal Litigation Brittany Scheier M&A and Private Equity Gabrielle Sumich M&A and Private Equity Brittany Taylor Debt Finance Jacob Volz M&A and Private Equity Nathan Wolcott Investment Funds Michael Denney Wright Capital Markets London Name Practice Area Michael Akpomiemie Tax AJ Brown Capital Markets Fraser Burlingham Investment Funds Serguei Chevtchenko Capital Markets Gabrielle Chiu Investment Funds Alexander Clarke Investment Funds Fiona Coffee M&A and Private Equity Oliver Cutbill Investment Funds Jack Davies Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Raluca Dumitru Financial Services Regulatory Jef Dupont M&A and Private Equity Jamie Gordon M&A and Private Equity Kristin Hanshaw Investment Funds Alexandra Holden Debt Finance Julian Holland M&A and Private Equity Samantha Jones Antitrust & Competition Rhett McPhie Investment Funds Kunal Nathwani Tax Joseph O'Brien M&A and Private Equity Rohan Sahai Capital Markets Luke Scott Investment Funds Will Seal Restructuring Daniel Stathis Restructuring Yanru Tao Investment Funds Ben Zeris Technology & IP Transactions Los Angeles Name Practice Area Maisie Allison Litigation Elena Babakhanyan Debt Finance Spencer Brass M&A and Private Equity Timothy M. Cory Investment Funds Aura Gilham Investment Funds Nathaniel Edward Haas Litigation Sarkis Haroutunian Real Estate Phillip M. Kim Real Estate Leland Langston Investment Funds Peter Liskanich M&A and Private Equity Ugo Nwasike Investment Funds Joe Porter M&A and Private Equity Christian Rivas Debt Finance Michael J. Shea Investment Funds Philippe Simard M&A and Private Equity Van Whiting Capital Markets Andrew Won Debt Finance Arman Zadeh Investment Funds Miami Name Practice Area Gardner Bell M&A and Private Equity Paige S. Comparato Litigation Ashley Garcia Investment Funds Ngozi J. Nezianya M&A and Private Equity Alex Roggio Investment Funds Munich Name Practice Area Johannes Lappe Restructuring Maximilian Liegl M&A and Private Equity Ann-Kathrin Ziegler Restructuring New York Name Practice Area Marie-Joe Abi-Nassif M&A and Private Equity Nicholas Adzima Restructuring Vinicius A. Beraldo Debt Finance Maria L. Bourdeau Trusts & Estates Travis Bruno Executive Compensation Lisa S. Cha Executive Compensation Bradley Cho Debt Finance Julia Y. Choi Debt Finance Erica D. Clark Restructuring Paige N. Costakos Executive Compensation Ross J. Fiedler Restructuring John Folkerth Investment Funds Gina Park Garcia Real Estate Adamantia Giannakis Real Estate Amanda B. Gottlieb M&A and Private Equity Ethan Green Investment Funds Ashley Grolig Litigation Raghav Gupta Debt Finance Zahraa Hadi M&A and Private Equity Yoonie Han Debt Finance Matthew B. Hershkowitz Intellectual Property Litigation Adam Holzschuh M&A and Private Equity Alee Jamel Tax Anusheh Khoshsima Employment & Labor Esther Kim Investment Funds David B. Kobray Debt Finance Amanda Lamothe-Cadet Litigation Alexander Lazar Investment Funds Sandra Lewitz M&A and Private Equity Dan Li M&A and Private Equity Eric Li M&A and Private Equity Zachary R. Manning Restructuring Sumer Marquette M&A and Private Equity Ashley Martin Debt Finance Callie McBreen Investment Funds Annemarie Mierzejewski Executive Compensation Adam Mohamed Debt Finance Giorgia A. Nagalli M&A and Private Equity Ashlee Newman Investment Funds Patrick O'Connor M&A and Private Equity Abbey Quigley Intellectual Property Litigation Alix Simnock M&A and Private Equity Divya Suwasini Investment Funds Oliver Yee M&A and Private Equity Paris Name Practice Area Louise Chappey Tax Riyadh Name Practice Area Husni Almousli Restructuring Salt Lake City Name Practice Area Robert M. Ahlander Investment Funds Michael Farrell Tax Mike Lehr Litigation Garrett W. Messerly Litigation Jonathan R. Palmer Investment Funds David R. Williams Litigation Washington, D.C. Name Practice Area Chris Brassfield Antitrust & Competition Ashley Cade Intellectual Property Litigation Soowan Julia Choi Litigation Nicole M. Cleminshaw Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Kayla M. Davis Employment & Labor Leah Hamlin Litigation Bradley Jensen Debt Finance William P. Lane Investment Funds Luke P. McGuire Litigation Matthew J. McIntee Intellectual Property Litigation Yaffa A. Meeran Litigation Camille Mott Investment Funds Meredith Pohl Litigation Chad Richards Energy Regulatory James C. Robinson Litigation Lauren Taylor Antitrust & Competition Lany L. Villalobos Executive Compensation Note: For certain partners, admission will take effect when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.

Oct 1

5 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Phibro Animal Health Corporation (Nasdaq: PAHC) on the acquisition of medicated feed additive and water soluble product portfolios from Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS). Phibro is paying $350 million subject to customary closing adjustments. The deal is to close in the second half of the 2024 calendar year. The acquired product portfolio, which generated approximately $400 million in revenue in 2023, is comprised of more than 37 product lines that are sold in approximately 80 countries. The transaction also includes six manufacturing sites, four in the U.S., one in Italy and one in China. More than 300 Zoetis colleagues are expected to transition to Phibro Animal Health. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Keri Schick Norton and Daniel Wolf and associates Adam Holzschuh and Spencer Hazan; technology & IP transactions partner Joanna Schlingbaum and associate Bijan Motiwalla; tax partner Vin Thorn and associate Christian Ekins; and healthcare partner Kate Hardey.

Apr 29

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised global investment firm KKR on the acquisition of wealth management, investment banking and asset management firm Janney Montgomery Scott LLC from The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Tracing its roots to 1832, Janney has over $150 billion in assets under administration, with more than 900 financial advisors providing financial planning, asset allocation, retirement planning and other financial advice and services. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024 subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. KKR is making its investment in Janney primarily through its North America Fund XIII. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Jennifer Perkins and Colin Zelicof and associate Adam Holzschuh; debt finance partners Adam Shapiro, Dean Masuda and Taylor Andrews; tax partners Mike Beinus and Vivek Ratnam; and executive compensation partner Rohit Nafday and associate Paige Costakos.

Jul 24

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented funds advised by Apax Partners, a global private equity advisory firm, on the sale of a majority stake in Boats Group, a leading online classifieds marketplace and technology provider for the recreational marine industry, to a company backed by the Permira funds. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read the joint press release The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Leo Greenberg and Romain Dambre and associates Guirgis Nasief, Adam Holzschuh and Jermaine Scott Cherry, and tax partners Sara Zablotney and Adam Kool and associate Rhonda Dinkins.

Dec 29

1 min