Steven Hunter

Kirkland & Ellis is advising funds advised by Apax Partners LLP on its simultaneous acquisitions of OCS from Charme Capital Partners and of Finwave from the Lutech Group, creating one of the preeminent players in financial software in Europe. The two companies will continue serving customers under the OCS and Finwave brands. Read Apax’s press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Jacob Traff, Stuart Boyd, Victoria Legg and Dana Abdulkarim and includes associates Steven Hunter, Bonian Wu, Andrew Mon, Talodabioluwa Olu-Odugbemi and Joe Timmins; debt finance partner Ian Barratt and associate Alice Mackenzie; technology & IP transactions partners Jacqueline Clover and Emma Flett and associate Stephen Coudounaris; and tax partner Alan Walker and associates Krishan Patel and Koko Xu.

Dec 14

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Boston-based growth equity firm Silversmith Capital Partners on a $40 million growth investment in UK-based Novatus Global Limited. Novatus Global provides regulatory technology solutions to global financial institutions. The capital from Silversmith’s primary investment will enable Novatus Global to continue to invest in the technology underpinning of its best-in-class SaaS platform while also expanding its geographic footprint. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Stuart Boyd and associates Steven Hunter and Izzet Hassan, with assistance from corporate partner Christian Atwood. The team also included technology & IP transactions partner Emma Flett and tax partners Mavnick Nerwal and James Seddon.

Sep 12

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising funds advised by Apax Partners on the acquisition of the Zellis Group, a leading provider of payroll and HR software solutions to customers in the UK and Ireland, from Bain Capital. Read Apax’s press release The Kirkland team is being led by corporate partners Jacob Traff, Stuart Boyd and Andrew McAlpine and associates Steven Hunter, Talodabioluwa Olu-Odugbemi, Shaun Boyle, Matthew Barbato and Marcus Dashper; technology & IP transactions partner Jennifer Wilson and associate Luke Vaz; financial services regulatory partners Ramya Juwadi and Adam Skinner and associate Stefan Nesic; and tax partners Alan Walker and Rob Sharpe and associate Hugo Coleman.

Apr 16

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Zellis Group, a portfolio company of the Apax Funds providing HR, payroll, and benefits administration software, on reaching a definitive agreement to acquire Benify, a provider of employee benefits administration software, from Vitruvian Partners. As part of the transaction, Benify will be combined with Zellis Group’s benefits administration software and employee engagement business, Benefex, and Vitruvian Partners will become a minority investor in the Zellis Group alongside the Apax Funds. Read Zellis Group’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Jacob Traff, Stuart Boyd and Andrew McAlpine and associates Rebecca Pearce, Oliver Small, Rika Hayashida and Steven Hunter; tax partners Rob Sharpe and Alan Walker and associates Hugo Coleman and Bryan Leighton; technology & IP transactions partner Jenny Wilson and associate Luke Vaz; and financial services regulatory partners Daniel Fallon and Ramya Juwadi.

Sep 4

1 min