Kirkland counseled Bernhard Capital Partners, a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm, and Bernhard Capital’s Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) services platform on the acquisition of Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI), a leading provider of expert management and technical consulting services for federal and large industrial clients focused on nuclear programs and projects. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read Bernhard Capital’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Bill Benitez and Alec Manzer and associates Oscar Leija and Tyler Ambrose; tax partner Mark Dundon; government contracts partner Boyd Greene; and debt finance partners Lucas Spivey and Jordan Roberts and associate James Kelly.