Kirkland Advises HarbourVest on Investment in Gatekeeper

Kirkland & Ellis advised HarbourVest Partners in its role as sole lead investor in Graham Partners’ sale of Gatekeeper Systems to a single-asset continuation vehicle managed by Graham. Graham’s most recent flagship buyout fund also participated in the transaction alongside the continuation fund. Gatekeeper Systems provides proprietary IoT-enabled loss prevention solutions that help retailers combat theft while enhancing employee and shopper safety. Funding was also provided by other syndicate investors and existing limited partners of Graham, which originally invested in Gatekeeper in October 2019 to support a technology solution in its early adoption addressing the rise of retail theft. 

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The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Társis Gonçalves, Mark Boyagi, Joe Salvatore, Ross Greenspan and Brandon Barrett; tax lawyer Michael Farrell; antitrust & competition lawyers Phil Gnatzy, Michael Cramer, Sally Evans and Derek Yee.