Heidi Yuen, P.C.

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Simpro Group, a provider of field service management solutions and a K1 Investment Management portfolio company, on its acquisition of BigChange, a UK-based leader in job management software for the field services industry, from Great Hill Partners. Read Simpro Group’s press release The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Aprajita Dhundia, Matt Goulding, Matt Dunnet, Jin Lee, Ben Zelouf, Alex Mieszkalski, Izzet Hassan, Sam Hummel, Fiona Coffee, Isabel Lee and Etienne Vautier; tax lawyers Peter Abbott, Devin Heckman, Heidi Yuen and Iarlaith McCarthy-Hann; technology & IP transactions lawyers Emma Flett, Ben Zeris and Shareen Dhillon; and antitrust & competition lawyers Joel Gory and Juan Donado-Diez.

Nov 25

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Duck Creek Technologies, the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of property and casualty (P&C) insurance, on its acquisition of Risk Control Technologies, Inc., a Toronto-based provider of risk management and loss control solutions. This strategic investment is set to transform how insurance carriers prevent loss and manage risk, enabling deployment of advanced AI and machine learning capabilities at the forefront. Read Duck Creek’s press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Stuart Casillas, Ari Levi, Benjamin Jain, Spencer Velarde and Yangxier Sui; debt finance lawyers Sonali Jindal, Austin Glassman and Christian Rivas; tax lawyers David Kung and Heidi Yuen; and technology & IP transactions lawyers John Lynn and Daisy Darvall.

Oct 11

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Metagenics, a nutritional supplements provider and portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, on its acquisition of UK water-based probiotic supplement brand Symprove. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Carlos Gil Rivas, Andy McAlpine, John Wilkes, Jacob Reichman, Benjamin Clinger, Marion Racine, Ece Osman, Ben Whidborne and Veronica Yunlu Shen; and tax lawyers Peter Abbott, Heidi Yuen, Jessica Yeh and Hugo Coleman.

Jan 23

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 Vista Equity Partners on a strategic investment alongside Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, in StarRez, a global leader in on-and-off-campus student housing software. Vista first invested in StarRez in 2022 and will continue to support the company as it expands operations globally and builds on a multi-year record of innovation. StarRez provides mission-critical solutions that enable 1,100+ higher education institutions and 2,000+ property managers worldwide to automate operations, centralize data insights, and drive resident engagement to enhance their experience. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team include corporate lawyers Christian Atwood, Mark Keohane, Veronica Shen and Katie Heffernan; debt finance lawyers Andrea Weintraub and Sonali Jindal; tax lawyers Heidi Yuen and Allison Bray; and technology IP and transaction lawyers John Lynn, Emma Flett, Alex Barata and Reed Patterson.

Jan 16

1 min