Kirkland & Ellis advised Uplift Investors, a middle-market private equity firm, on the formation of Orion Legal MSO, a managed service organization supporting leading plaintiff law firms. The transaction marks Uplift’s first platform investment following its launch in 2025. Read Uplift’s press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Corey Fox, Matt Arenson and Sophie Daroff; debt finance lawyers Maureen Dixon and Sumner Fontaine; technology & IP transactions lawyers Aaron Lorber and Jessie Perlman; and tax lawyers Rachel Cantor and Rebecca Fine.