Kirkland Advises The Jordan Company on Closing of Three Acquisitions
Kirkland & Ellis advised The Jordan Company, L.P. (TJC), a middle-market private equity firm with original capital commitments in excess of $13 billion, on the closing of three separate acquisitions in one week. The transactions include:
- The acquisition of Heartland Home Services, a leading technology-enabled provider of residential HVAC, plumbing, electrical and indoor air quality services in the Midwestern United States, from North Branch Capital, LLC. Read the press release from TJC.
- The acquisition of Spectrio, LLC, a leading provider of marketing content management solutions for a variety of end markets, from affiliates of Bertram Capital Management, LLC. Read the press release from TJC.
- The acquisition of Potters Industries, LLC, the Performance Materials segment of publicly traded PQ Group Holdings, Inc. Read the press release from TJC.
Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
The Kirkland team leading the acquisition of Heartland Home Services included transactional partners Andrew Arons and Lukas Richards and associates Matt Burns and Alan Heisman, debt finance partners Jason Serlenga and Brett Pallin and associates Raghav Gupta and Whitney Greer, tax partner Jared Rusman and associate Bari Mohibi, executive compensation partner Michael Krasnovsky and associates Jake Alexander Ebers and Alexandra Studwell, environmental partner Stefanie Gitler and associate Carter Vella, intellectual property partner Matthew Lovell and associate Imani Lee, real estate partner Jennifer Sheehan and associate Thomas O’Connor, employee benefits associates Chris Chase and Caitlin Bernice Price, labor partner Richard Kidd and associate Jackson Phinney. The team was also assisted by corporate partner Jessica Sicsu and HSR specialists Kurt Wunderlich and Adrianna Ryba.
The Kirkland team leading on the acquisition of Spectrio, LLC included transactional partner Andrew Arons and associates Bobby Pollak, Alastair Smith and Elizabeth Grabowski, debt finance partners Jason Serlenga and Brett Pallin and associates Raghav Gupta and Whitney Greer, tax partners Jared Rusman and David Mannion and associate Bari Mohibi, executive compensation partner Michael Krasnovsky and associates Laura Gallo and Alexandra Studwell, employee benefits partner Jeffrey Quinn and associate Chris Chase, labor partner Michael Schulman and associate Anusheh Khoshsima, intellectual property partner Matthew Lovell and associate Imani Lee, and environmental transactions partner Jennie Morawetz.
The Kirkland team leading on the acquisition of Potters Industries, LLC included transactional partners Andrew Arons and Megan Spelman and associates Micah Kantrowitz, Philippe Simard, Adam Holzschuh and Siqi Li, debt finance partners Jason Kanner and Rachel Gray and associates Patrick Prin, and Bradley Cho, tax partners Jared Rusman and Scott Fryman and associate Ashley Flor, UK corporate partner Stuart Boyd and associates Syed Murshed and Tilly Kersley, environmental transactions partner Toby Chun and associate Michelle Sliwinski, technology & IP transactions partner Matt Lovell and associate Imani Lee, executive compensation partner Mike Krasnovsky and associates Laura Gallo and Alexandra Studwell, antitrust partners Paula Riedel and Kurt Wunderlich and associates Arjun Chandran and Jordan Goater, labor and employment partners Michael Shulman and Sydney Jones and associate Jamie Wamble, benefits partner Jeffrey Quinn and associate Chris Chase, international trade and national security partner Daniel Gerkin and litigation partner Nick Niles.
