Kirkland Represents Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp. on Combination with Advantage Solutions Inc.

Kirkland advised Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company founded by consumer goods and finance industry executives, on its combination with Advantage Solutions Inc., the leading provider of outsourced sales and marketing services to consumer goods manufacturers and retailers. At the closing of the transaction, Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp. will remain a publicly traded company, renamed Advantage Solutions, Inc. The transaction implies an initial enterprise value for Advantage of approximately $5.2 billion. The transaction is expected to be completed as early as late October 2020 and is subject to customary closing conditions.
 
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The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Michael Movsovich, Ravi Agarwal and Carlo Zenkner and associates Alice Blain and Patrick O’Connor, capital markets partners Christian Nagler and Peter Seligson and associate Allison Gallagher, executive compensation partner Matthew Shiels and associate Malhar Naik, tax partners David Grenker and David Mannion, and debt finance partner Christopher Butler.