Kirkland & Ellis represented Northleaf Capital Partners on its strategic partnership with Tillman FiberCo, LLC, a leading developer and owner of symmetrical gigabit broadband. Funds managed by Northleaf have made an initial investment that enables Tillman FiberCo to accelerate its open access network with future-forward technologies, systems and a next-generation passive optical network architecture that will deliver industry-leading symmetrical gigabit broadband internet access service speeds to both residential and business customers. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners John Kaercher, Zahra Usmani and Cory Baird and associate Branden Lankford; tax partners Steve Butler and Adam Arikat; employee benefits partner Maureen O’Brien; executive compensation partner Rob Fowler; employment and labor partner Christie Alcala; technology & IP transactions partner Matt Lovell; and debt finance partner Doug Tedeschi.