Kirkland & Ellis advised private equity and credit firm ABRY Partners in the sale of a majority stake in Blue Mantis to Recognize, a private equity firm focused on investing in technology services businesses with a thematic and operationally-oriented strategy. Blue Mantis is a premier IT services provider with deep expertise in managed services, cybersecurity and cloud solutions. ABRY Partners, which has backed Blue Mantis since 2020, will continue as a minority investor in the company. The transaction was announced September 9, 2024. Read the transactions press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Amanda Border and tax partner Vincent Thorn, with support from corporate partner Armand Della Monica.