Kirkland & Ellis advised Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, on its investment in GAINSystems, a leading provider of innovative cloud-based supply chain planning solutions. The investment follows an initial strategic growth investment from Francisco Partners in July 2020. With the investment, Francisco Partners will become the majority shareholder of GAINSystems. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Christopher Burwell, tax partner Devin Heckman, and executive compensation partner Rohit Nafday, and included support from corporate partner Sean Kramer.