Kirkland Advises Hg on Significant Investment in Empyrean Solutions
Kirkland & Ellis advised Hg on its significant strategic investment in Empyrean Solutions, a leading provider of integrated risk and performance management solutions for financial institutions. The Empyrean management team and current investors, TechVenture Investors and Spectrum Equity, will all remain shareholders. Spectrum Equity will also co-invest alongside Hg in the new transaction.
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Travis Nelson, Rodin Hai-Jew, Cameron Leishman, Michael White, Dan O’Connor, Alexi Warren, Ines Tzolov, Leo Robles-Rodriguez and Taylor Petersen; debt finance lawyers Sonali Jindal, Austin Glassman, Christian Rivas, Sandeep Somisetty and Liz Niculescu; tax lawyers Bill Dong and Grace Nielsen; payments and financial services regulatory lawyer Ed del Hierro; technology & IP transactions lawyers John Lynn, Amber Harezlak, Josh Ellis and Joe Evans; executive compensation lawyers Jack Stratton and Deena Muzafar; employment & labor lawyers Jackie Heffernan, Anusheh Khoshsima and Kaitlyn Hodgman; employee benefits lawyers Bob Zitko and Abbi Semnisky; ESG & impact lawyers Mary Beth Houlihan and Menaka Nayar; real estate lawyers Ian Craig and Adam Amdur; international trade & national security lawyers Mario Mancuso, Luci Hague, Erika Krum and Ellie Bacon; and antitrust & competition lawyers Jeff Ayer, Matthew Wheatley and Chris Brassfield.
