Kirkland & Ellis is advising Montagu Private Equity (“Montagu”) on the acquisition of the Education Software Solutions business (“ESS”) of Capita plc. Kirkland is also advising Montagu on the agreement to invest in ParentPay Group (“ParentPay”), a leading provider of education technology. Following the successful completion of both investments, ESS will become part of the ParentPay Group. Read the Montagu press release The Kirkland team was led by London transactional partners Adrian Maguire, Aprajita Dhundia and Adrian Duncan and associates Claire Rushton, Nicholas Appleton, Melissa Sawyer and Jelani Okoruwa; debt finance partners Chris Shield and Leon Daoud and associates Thomas Raftery and Will Knapp; technology & IP transactions associates Eleanor Harley and John Patten.