Kirkland & Ellis advised MDSL and Sumeru Equity Partners in the merger of MDSL with Calero Software. Sumeru Equity, a technology-focused private equity firm, is the financial backer of high-growth software provider MDSL. Financial terms were not disclosed. Read the company press release The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Lilit Voskanyan and Adam Phillips and associates Jana Glock and Justin Stahl. The team also included tax partner Devin Heckman, technology & IP transactions partner Vlad Khodosh, and antitrust partners Ian John and Peter McCormack.