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January 23, 2026
Kirkland Represents Hellman & Friedman on $10.2 Billion Acquisition of Zendesk
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- Kirkland & Ellis advised Hellman & Friedman LLC on its lead role in an investor group's acquisition of Zendesk, Inc
- for approximately $10.2 billion
- Zendesk is a CRM company focused on customer relationship software
- The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022, pending customary closing conditions
- The Kirkland team included corporate, antitrust, and international trade partners leading the legal advisory.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Hellman & Friedman LLC, a preeminent global private equity firm, on its lead role as part of an investor group acquiring Zendesk, Inc. (NYSE: ZEN), a service-first CRM company that builds software designed to improve customer relationships, for approximately $10.2 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022 and is subject to customary closing conditions. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Richard Campbell, Daniel Wolf, Peter Martelli and Abhishek Kolay, antitrust partner Thomas Sebastian Wilson, and international trade partner Ivan Schlager.
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