Ana Sempertegui

Kirkland & Ellis advised Cushman & Wakefield plc (NYSE: CWK), one of the largest real estate services firms in the world, on the launch of an underwritten public offering of 12,500,000 ordinary shares. The selling shareholders include funds affiliated with TPG and PAG Asia Capital. Read the Cushman & Wakefield press release The Kirkland team was led by capital markets partners Bob Hayward, Kevin Frank and Ana Sempertegui, and associates Iman Naim and Chris Johnson; with corporate partner David Holdsworth and associate Chris Connolly; tax partners Tim Lowe, Cian O’Connor and Lee Morlock, and associate Mohsen Ghazi; and executive compensation partner Michael Falk and associate Lauren Cates.

Aug 16

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Epiq Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:EPIQ), which announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of the OMERS pension plan, and funds managed by Harvest Partners, LP, a leading middle-market private equity fund, for $16.50 per share in cash. The transaction has a total value of approximately $1.0 billion including assumed debt obligations. The Epiq board of directors unanimously approved the transaction and recommends that Epiq shareholders vote in favor of the transaction. The proposed transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2016, subject to customary closing conditions including receipt of shareholder and regulatory approvals. Epiq is a leading global provider of integrated technology and services for the legal profession. Read more about the transaction here. The Kirkland team included corporate partners Richard Porter, Robert Hayward and Ana Sempertegui, and associates Maggie Flores, Patrick Cronin and Alexander Schwartz.

Jul 27

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised healthcare services provider R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ: RCM) on a definitive agreement to be acquired in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of $8.9 billion by investment funds affiliated with investment management firm TowerBrook Capital Partners and private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). R1 is a leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of healthcare providers. The transaction was announced on August 1, 2024. TowerBrook is currently the owner of approximately 36% of the company’s outstanding shares of common stock, including the warrant held by TowerBrook. Under the terms of the agreement, TowerBrook and CD&R will acquire all the outstanding common stock that TowerBrook does not currently own for $14.30 per share, which represents a premium of approximately 29% to the company’s unaffected closing price on February 23, 2024, the last full trading day before private equity firm New Mountain Capital publicly disclosed an initial non-binding acquisition proposal. The transaction has been unanimously approved by a special committee of the R1 Board of Directors and is expected to close by the end of the year subject to customary closing conditions. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Robert Hayward, Sarkis Jebejian, Brad Reed, Steven Choi and capital markets partners Ana Sempertegui and Ben Richards.

Aug 1

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Federal Street Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: FSACU, FSAC, FSACW), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., which announced today it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with the holding company of Universal Hospital Services, Inc., a leading, nationwide provider of healthcare technology management and service solutions and a portfolio company of Irving Place Capital Management, L.P. FSAC and UHS will combine under a new holding company to be named Agiliti, Inc., which intends to apply to have its common stock and warrants listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbols “AGTI” and “AGTIW,” respectively. The purchase price for the acquisition implies an initial enterprise value for the combined company of approximately $1.74 billion. More information on the transaction is available in UHS and FSAC’s press release. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Richard Campbell and Christopher Elder, as well as Jon Ballis and associate Kevin Humphries, capital markets partners Carol Anne Huff and Ana Sempertegui, debt finance partners Eric Wedel and Rachel Gray and tax partner Russell Light.

Aug 13

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Once Upon a Farm, PBC, a leading baby and toddler food brand co-founded by actress Jennifer Garner, on its IPO of approximately 11 million shares of common stock at a public offering price of $18.00 per share. Once Upon a Farm’s common stock began trading on the NYSE on February 6, 2026. The stock opened at $21 per share, up 16% from its initial public offering price. The shares closed on the first day of trading up 17%. Read Once Upon a Farm’s press release The Kirkland team included capital markets lawyers Bob Hayward, Bob Goedert, Ashley Sinclair, Jackson Fountain, Ana Sempertegui, Katie Conterio, Mollie Goldfarb, Grace O’Connor and Muhammad Musani; corporate lawyers Ted Frankel, Kyle McHugh and Kate Kennedy; investment funds lawyers Nicholas Hemmingsen, Jasmina Resic and Peter Gauss; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson, Stephanie Jeane and Diana Soriano; tax lawyers Sara Zablotney and Brittany Nguyen; debt finance lawyers Thomas Dobleman and Patrick Loughery; technology & IP transactions lawyers Seth Traxler, Amber Harezlak and Eliza Holland; and sustainability lawyers Abbey Raish and Menaka Nayar.

Feb 9

1 min