Sean Kramer, Jared Maher, Brian Ford, Shawn Bagdasarian, Devin Heckman, Rohit Nafday, Adria Crowe, Sydney Jones, Vladamir Khodosh, Andrea Murino, Adam Phillips, Matt Cohen, Chris Keegan
January 24, 2026
Kirkland Advises Francisco Partners on Combination of TradingScreen and Imagine Software

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- Kirkland & Ellis advised Francisco Partners on the acquisitions of TradingScreen and Imagine Software, both providers of financial technology solutions
- The merged entity, TS Imagine, will offer an integrated trading and portfolio management software platform for the investment management industry
- The Kirkland team was led by several partners across corporate, debt finance, tax, executive compensation, employee benefits, employment and labor, technology and IP transactions, and antitrust and competition practices.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, on the dual acquisitions of TradingScreen, a provider of trading execution and order management software, and Imagine Software, a real-time risk and compliance software platform. The combined company, TS Imagine, will be a dynamic end-to-end trading and portfolio management software platform for connecting the investment management industry with a network of brokers, banks and exchanges. Read the Francisco Partners press release The Kirkland teams for both acquisitions were led by corporate partner Sean Kramer and associate Jared Maher; debt finance partners Brian Ford and Shawn Bagdasarian; tax partner Devin Heckman; executive compensation partner Rohit Nafday; employee benefits partner Adria Crowe; employment & labor partner Sydney Jones; technology & IP transactions partner Vladamir Khodosh; and antitrust & competition partner Andrea Murino. Corporate partners Adam Phillips, Matt Cohen and Chris Keegan provided support.
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Sean Kramer, Jared Maher, Brian Ford, Shawn Bagdasarian, Devin Heckman, Rohit Nafday, Adria Crowe, Sydney Jones, Vladamir Khodosh, Andrea Murino, Adam Phillips, Matt Cohen, Chris Keegan
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