Kirkland & Ellis represented Trinity Hunt Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, on the formation of Allvia, a workforce services platform, through Trinity Hunt's investment in Melita Group, a human resources, benefits administration and payroll provider. Allvia’s mission is to build a market-leading workforce services platform that pairs hands-on expertise with scalable solutions to help employers better support their people and strengthen their businesses. Read Trinity Hunt’s press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Thomas Laughlin, Brad Johnson, Andrew Watson and Ben Samway; tax lawyers David Wheat and Jon Nelsen; employment & labor lawyers Christie Alcala and George Cartveli; employee benefits lawyers Justin Coddington and Ethan Kirner; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson, Lany Villalobos and Urvi Patel; real estate lawyers Vincent Forcinito, Natalia Ortiz and Tate Whitten; and technology & IP transactions lawyers Matt Lovell, Joanna Schlingbaum and Dan Sotos.