Kirkland & Ellis advises THL Partners, a premier private equity firm investing in middle market growth companies, on its majority investment in YA Group, an international professional services organization providing forensic consulting, engineering, risk mitigation and related services. The partnership will help accelerate YA Group’s organic growth through investments in its core service areas and support opportunities to expand its platform through strategic acquisitions. YA’s management, employees and current capital partner, CIVC Partners, will retain significant ownership positions in the company. This transaction is expected to close in the fall of 2024. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners John Wilkes and Ted Frankel and associates Zoe Quick, Sasha Timakova and Taylor Petersen; and tax partners Dean Shulman and Sehj Vather.