N. Cameron Leishman

Kirkland & Ellis advised Hg on a strategic investment in CINC Systems, a leading cloud-based software company serving the community association management sector. Upon completion of the transaction, Hg will become a strategic growth investor alongside CINC Founder Bill Blanton, its management team, as well as current investor Spectrum Equity. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Travis Nelson, Rodin Hai-Jew and Cameron Leishman and associates Dan O’Connor, Alexi Warren, Asal Yunusov and Taylor Petersen; debt finance partners Sonali Jindal and Austin Glassman and associate Christian Rivas; tax partners Kevin Coenen and Bill Dong and associate Grace Nielsen; payments and financial services regulatory of counsel Julie Kunetka; technology & IP transactions partners John Lynn and Amber Harezlak and associates Thao Thai and Joe Evans; executive compensation partner Jack Stratton and associate Dominique Collins; employment & labor partner Sydney Jones and associates Jaime Wamble and Maayan Sachs; employee benefits partner Bob Zitko and associate Milteva Andonellis; environmental transactions partner Jim Dolphin and associate Alyssa Huang; real estate partner Rob Miceli and associate Benjamin Stoyenko; international trade & national security partner Luci Hague and associate Erika Krum; and antitrust & competition partners Scott Scheele and Matthew Wheatley and associate Declan Duggan.

Dec 14

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised private equity firm HGGC and AMI on the pending sale of the firmware solutions provider to investment firm THL Partners. The transaction was announced September 9, 2024 and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024 pending regulatory approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed. AMI develops foundational software and firmware that powers, manages and secures a vast array of computing platforms, widely used across data centers. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Travis Nelson, Marc Browning and Cameron Leishman.

Sep 16

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Merit Financial Advisors, a portfolio company of HGGC, on a capital partnership with Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions. Merit is a hybrid, SEC-Registered Investment Adviser based in Atlanta, GA, that maintains 40 offices throughout the U.S. As of September 30, 2023, Merit managed $8.96 billion in client assets. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Travis Nelson, Rodin Hai-Jew, Cameron Leishman and Michael Cline; debt finance partners Sonali Jindal and Aditi Iyer; capital markets partners Joshua Korff and Ben Richards; and tax partner Kevin Coenen.

Nov 1

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis recently advised private equity firm Olympus on a pair of M&A deals. The transactions include the sale of testing, inspection and certification provider AmSpec to TPG Rise Climate and the purchase of a leading, scaled, full-line pies platform from Wonder Brands Holdings Inc. and FGF Brands (USA) Inc. by Olympus portfolio company Rise Baking Company. Read the AmSpec transaction press release Read the Rise Baking transaction press release The Kirkland team on the AmSpec sale was led by corporate partners James Faley and Taylor Melching and included associates Gregory Klein, Andrew Daniels, Jonathan Deitch and Emma Balls; technology & IP transactions partners Vlad Khodosh and Laila Paszti and associate Thao Thai; executive compensation partners Michael Falk and Katherine Nemeth and associate Devin Kern; employee benefits partner Matt Antinossi and associate Abbi Semnisky; employment & labor partner Risa Salins; environmental transactions partner Jon Kidwell and associates Courtney Tibbetts and Max Anderson; real estate partner John Caruso and associate Maxwell Baird; tax partner Thomas Evans and associate Sean Hamner; international trade & national security partners Mario Mancuso and Luci Hague and associate Erika Krum; debt finance partner Melissa Hutson and associate Elizabeth Williams; and antitrust & competition partners Mike Thorpe, Jeffrey Ayer, Sally Evans, Athina Van Melkebeke, Philipp Gnatzy and Kelsey Laugel and associate Ben Feis. The Kirkland team on the Rise Baking transaction was led by corporate partners Matt Goulding and Cameron Leishman, with support from corporate associates Peter Banyai, Connor O’Flaherty and Brian Campbell; debt finance partners Melissa Hutson and Omar Raddawi and associate Bradley Cho; tax partner Thomas Evans and associate Sean Hamner; employment & labor partner R.D. Kohut and associates Jaime Wamble and Kaitlyn Hodgman; executive compensation partners Rohit Nafday and John Kleinjan and associate Matthew Mutino; employee benefits of partner Alexandra Mihalas and associate Caitlin Pyrce; technology & IP transactions partners Vlad Khodosh and associates Derek Ventling and Camilo Mesa; real estate partner Rob Miceli and associate Joey Galinsky; environmental transactions partner Jim Dolphin and associate Matt Swanson; government, regulatory & internal investigations partner Nick Niles; and antitrust & competition partners Mike Thorpe, Jeffrey Ayer and Kelsey Laugel and associate Chris Brassfield.

Dec 22

2 min