Adam M. Wexner, P.C.

Kirkland & Ellis advised Vesey Street Capital Partners (VSCP), a private equity firm specializing in buyouts of lower middle-market healthcare services businesses, on the full sale of its portfolio company QualityMetric (QM). QM works with the world's leading healthcare and life sciences companies to measure and better understand outcomes through the creation, administration and review of general and patient-specific health surveys. VSCP acquired QM in August 2020 and quickly oversaw the full and complete separation of QM from a larger organization, recruited and built a top management team led by its Chief Executive Officer Gus Gardner and developed a 5-pillar strategic plan for growth. The sale was completed on August 18, 2023. Read VSCP’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Adam Wexner and Kevin Stocks and associates Zach Simon, Brandan Matthews and Becky Henz.

Aug 23

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised manufacturing, industrial technology, and industrial services-focused private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners (“CORE”) on its acquisition of on-demand digital manufacturing services provider Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation. The close of the transaction was announced May 22, 2024. As a result of the transaction, Fathom Class A common stock has ceased trading and will no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Lee Blum, Adam Wexner and Carlo Zenkner and associate Alex Adamis; debt finance partner Michelle Kilkenney and associate Alex Straka; tax partner Thomas Evans and capital markets partners Bob Goedert and Kevin Frank, with support from corporate partners Ed Lee and Benjamin Clinger.

May 22

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Warburg Pincus on its minority investment in Nord Security, a leading virtual private network provider. Warburg’s minority investment puts a US$3 billion valuation on the business and will be one of the initial investments out of Warburg’s Capital Solutions Founders Fund. Read Warburg Pincus’ press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Dan Clarke, Jiri Peterka, Adam Wexner, Jai Agrawal and Adrian Maguire, and technology & IP transactions associate Colin Russell.

Sep 29

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, and TCV, a leading growth equity investor, on a strategic growth investment in Nasuni, a leading enterprise data platform for modern hybrid cloud environments. Vista and TCV will be joined by KKR in the new investment, which values Nasuni at approximately $1.2 billion. The investment will build on Nasuni's strong momentum disrupting the legacy storage industry to further accelerate product innovation and commercial expansion in the global hybrid cloud market. Further terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team advising Vista was led by corporate partners Marc Browning and Brendan Caldon; and debt finance partners Sonali Jindal and Austin Glassman. The Kirkland team advising TCV was led by corporate partners Adam Wexner and Greg Travers.

Jul 9

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented PPC, a leading family investment firm, on its acquisition of NaturPak. NaturPak manufactures and packages a broad portfolio of bone broths, soups, sauces and wet pet food, as well as high-growth ingredients. The company serves as a key partner for a fast-growing, blue-chip roster of consumer and pet brand companies that serve a diverse range of end markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read PPC’s press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Adam Wexner, Kat Murphy and Chris Smiciklas; debt finance lawyers Michelle Kilkenney and Claire Rokita; and tax lawyer Rachel Cantor.

Jan 7

1 min