Jennifer S. Perkins, P.C.

Kirkland & Ellis advised KKR as part of a consortium of institutional investors, led by Sixth Street, that has agreed to acquire home improvement lending platform GreenSky and associated loan assets from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024, subject to standard closing conditions. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Daniel Guerin, Valentine Bleicher and Jennifer Perkins, with support from corporate partner Hayley Hollender and associate Olivia Castor; investment funds partners Nicole Washington, Erica Temel and Charles Tanenbaum and associates Ugo Nwasike, William Ballentine and Zachary Van Kovering; banking regulatory partner Edwin del Hierro; antitrust & competition partners Ian John, Shahrzad Sadjadi and Paula Riedel and associate Ben Feis; capital markets partner Ross Leff; and tax partners Mike Beinus, Adam Kool and Joseph Tootle.

Oct 12

1 min

Kirkland advised KKR and its portfolio company CIRCOR International, Inc., a provider of mission critical flow control products and services for the industrial and aerospace and defense markets, on the sale of CIRCOR’s severe-service industrial valve providers DeltaValve and TapcoEnpro to SCF Partners. Their products are used in more than 50 countries to enhance automation and employee safety, reduce equipment failures, improve process reliability and efficiency. The transaction was announced September 3, 2024. Financial terms were not disclosed. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Jennifer Perkins and Steven Choi and associates Natalia Halista, Logan Cotton and Bria Manlove; debt finance partners Adam Shapiro and Taylor Andrews and associates Kelsey Fuller and Tommy Kagerer; technology & IP transactions partners Joanna Schlingbaum, Shellie Freedman and Seth Traxler and associates Leonor Suarez and Josh Ellis; and tax partners Vivek Ratnam and Mike Beinus.

Sep 4

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 advised global provider of mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR) on the proposed acquisition of ILC Dover (“ILC”) from investment firm New Mountain Capital, LLC. ILC Dover is a world leader in the design and production of highly innovative solutions for biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical and medical device markets as well as a leading supplier for the space industry. The deal includes an upfront cash purchase price of approximately $2.325 billion with an earnout tied to the achievement of select operating efficiency metrics in 2024. The acquisition was announced March 25, 2024. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2024 subject to customary regulatory approvals. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Ravi Agarwal, Jennifer Perkins and Lee Blum; tax partners Mike Beinus and Adam Kool; and healthcare partners Dennis Williams and Kate Hardey.

Mar 25

1 min