Press Release

Kirkland Advises Thoma Bravo on Majority Investments in OPEXUS and Casepoint

Kirkland & Ellis advised Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, on majority investments in OPEXUS, a leading provider of government process management software, and Casepoint, the industry leader in data discovery technology for litigation, investigations and data compliance. OPEXUS and Casepoint simultaneously announced plans to merge, which, combined with Thoma Bravo’s investment, will establish a more comprehensive and innovative process management and discovery platform for government and commercial customers in North America and accelerate the combined company’s growth. Casepoint shareholders and OPEXUS’s existing investor Gemspring Capital will both retain minority positions in the combined company.

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The Kirkland team advising on the OPEXUS transaction included corporate lawyers John Kaercher, Brett Nelson, Corey Fox, Zoe Quick, Dominic Adduci and Lucy Li; debt finance lawyers Fred Lim, Alex Straka, Emily Barber and Chris Glenn; tax lawyers Adam Kool and Steven Cantor; and technology & IP transactions lawyer Aaron Lorber.

The Kirkland team advising on the Casepoint transaction included corporate lawyers John Kaercher, George Boden, Corey Fox, Zackary Theo, Amanda Van Auken and Charlie Hu; debt finance lawyers Fred Lim, Alex Straka, Emily Barber and Chris Glenn; tax lawyers Adam Kool and Steven Cantor; and technology & IP transactions lawyer Aaron Lorber.