Vlad J. Kroll, P.C.

Kirkland & Ellis advised Vista Equity Partners, a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, on its strategic growth investment in Gatekeeper, a leading vendor and contract lifecycle management platform. Read Gatekeeper’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Stuart Boyd and Vlad Kroll and associates Jack Evans, Matthew Barbato and Matt Bradly; tax partner Mavnick Nerwal and associates Krishan Patel and Amena Charles; and technology & IP transactions partners Jacqueline Clover and Emma Flett and associate Samantha Bradley.

Oct 19

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised technology-focused investment firm Vista Equity Partners on a strategic growth investment in business aviation software provider Portside. The transaction was announced May 30, 2024. Portside plans to use the new funding to drive continued growth through product and customer expansion strategies. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Vlad Kroll and Eva Mak and associates Sylvia Zaich and Emily Barber; tax partners David Kung, Heidi Yuen and Zak Morozov; technology & IP transactions partners John Lynn and Daisy Darvall; and antitrust & competition partner Mark Gardner.

May 30

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Vista Equity Partners and its portfolio company LogicMonitor, a leading SaaS-based hybrid observability platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI), in connection with a transformative $800 million investment of new equity and strategic financing from a consortium of investors including PSG, Golub Capital and others. Vista Equity Partners will remain the controlling shareholder in LogicMonitor, which the transaction values at approximately $2.4 billion, including debt. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included capital markets lawyers Josh Korff and Alborz Tolou; corporate lawyers Vlad Kroll and Benjamin Jain; debt finance lawyers Sonali Jindal, Doug Tedeschi and Tanya Embers; executive compensation lawyers Rohit Nafday and Annemarie Mierzejewski; and tax lawyers David Kung, Heidi Yuen and Zak Morozov.

Nov 22

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised GI Partners and its portfolio company Togetherwork, a leading provider of mission-critical, integrated software and payment solutions to groups and organizations, on Park Square Capital’s strategic investment in Togetherwork. This investment will support Togetherwork in building its comprehensive group management, member engagement, and financial solutions that enable organizations across multiple verticals to grow revenue, streamline operations, increase efficiency and build stronger communities. Read GI Partners' press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Stuart Casillas, Vlad Kroll and Eva Mak and associates Alex Dayneka-Hayes, Connor O’Flaherty and Emily Barber and capital markets partners Josh Korff and Alborz Tolou and associates Elise Wang and Jacob Levy. The team also included tax partners David Kung and Jessica Yeh and associate Pamela Ho; executive compensation partners Rohit Nafday and Anthony Ji and associate Devin Kern; banking regulatory partner Ed del Hierro; and debt finance partner Austin Glassman and associates Christian Rivas, Joseph Grib and Joelle Ibrahim.

Jul 2

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis counseled private equity funds Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners on their agreement to acquire Energy Exemplar, a leading global provider of energy market simulation software. With the backing of Blackstone and Vista, Energy Exemplar gains new resources to help accelerate growth and drive platform innovation in support of grid reliability and the energy transition. Energy market participants worldwide rely on Energy Exemplar’s platform to optimize decision-making across both new asset development and existing operations. Utilities, power producers, grid system operators, and others in the energy transition ecosystem use the software to forecast market operations, drive long-term investments, and optimize ongoing operations across their assets and systems. Read the clients’ press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Allan Kirk, Vlad Kroll and Randy Santa Ana, with assistance from corporate partners Rhett Van Syoc and Ari Levi; tax partners David Wheat and Joe Tobias; and antitrust & competition partners Mark Gardner, Jeff Ayer, Matthew Wheatley, Alasdair Balfour, Scott Scheele and Marin Boney.

Oct 31

1 min