Kirkland & Ellis advised Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused global investment firm, on its acquisition of Follett School Solutions (FSS), a K-12 software and content company, from Follett Corporation. Read the Francisco Partners, FSS and Follett press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Sean Kramer and associate Jared Maher; technology & IP transactions partner Vladimir Khodosh, and associates Seth Pritchard and Martin Schwertmann; debt finance partners Brian Ford and Shawn Bagdasarian; tax partner Devin Heckman; executive compensation partner Rohit Nafday; and employment & labor partner Sydney Jones.