Kirkland Advises GTCR in $2.7 Billion Take Private of AssetMark

Kirkland & Ellis counseled GTCR, a leading private equity firm with substantial investment expertise in financial technology, wealth and asset management, on the definitive agreement to purchase AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMK), a leading wealth management technology platform for financial advisors. AssetMark stockholders will receive $35.25 per share in cash, which represents a total equity valuation of approximately $2.7 billion. 

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Ted Frankel, Christopher Thomas and Christopher Grady and associates Anna Grilley, Josh Jones and Claire Mitzner; and included corporate partners Sarkis Jebejian and Carlo Zenkner; debt finance partners Tom Dobleman and Grant Bowen; capital markets partners Rachel Sheridan and Shagufa Hossain; tax partners Mike Carew and Nicholas Warther; executive compensation partner Mike Krasnovsky; and investment funds partners Sean Malone and Mike Pergler.