Kirkland & Ellis advised Argano, the world’s first and largest Global Specialist Consultancy, on its acquisition of Advantco International, LLC, a leader in SAP and Oracle integration solutions, from Montage Partners. The transaction deepens Argano’s enterprise connectivity expertise, enhances its AI-driven transformation capabilities and expands its Data and Integration practice with proven IP that accelerates digital performance across complex, multi-cloud environments. This transaction closed in December 2025. Read Argano’s press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Thomas Laughlin, Jessica Berkowitz, Hayley Hollender, Jordan Rex, Trent Tucker and Will Whitlock; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson, Sally Ye and Kristen Tyler; employee benefits lawyers Maureen O'Brien and Grant Rasmussen; employment & labor lawyers Christie Alcala and George Cartveli; real estate lawyers Vincent Forcinito and Natalia Ortiz; litigation lawyers Nick Niles and David Strecker; technology & IP transactions lawyers Matt Lovell and David Yaka; and tax lawyers David Wheat and Jon Nelsen.