Kirkland & Ellis advised Vista Equity Partners on a strategic investment alongside Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, in StarRez, a global leader in on-and-off-campus student housing software. Vista first invested in StarRez in 2022 and will continue to support the company as it expands operations globally and builds on a multi-year record of innovation. StarRez provides mission-critical solutions that enable 1,100+ higher education institutions and 2,000+ property managers worldwide to automate operations, centralize data insights, and drive resident engagement to enhance their experience. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team include corporate lawyers Christian Atwood, Mark Keohane, Veronica Shen and Katie Heffernan; debt finance lawyers Andrea Weintraub and Sonali Jindal; tax lawyers Heidi Yuen and Allison Bray; and technology IP and transaction lawyers John Lynn, Emma Flett, Alex Barata and Reed Patterson.