Kirkland & Ellis advised Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, on its additional strategic investment in its portfolio company Imprivata, a digital identity company for mission-and life-critical industries, to fund Imprivata's acquisition of SecureLink, the leader in critical access management with elite patient privacy monitoring. Upon closing, Cove Hill Partners, SecureLink's existing majority investor, will retain a minority stake in the combined company. Read the Thoma Bravo press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Bradley Reed and Peter Stach and associates Andrew Struckmeyer and Lisa Gunter, and debt finance partner Maureen Dixon.