Kirkland Advises Apax Portfolio Company WGSN on Acquisition of IWSR
Kirkland & Ellis advised Apax’s portfolio company WGSN, a leading trend forecaster, on its acquisition of IWSR, a leader in data, analytics and insights for the beverage alcohol industry, from Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm.
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Jeremy Wilkins, Stuart Boyd, Jacob Traff, George Rawlinson, Stefano Castoldi, Yu Qian Lee and Joseph Defries; debt finance lawyers Ian Barratt, James Collins, Marco Convertini and Zoe O’Logbon; tax lawyers Alan Walker, Hugo Coleman and Ella Tsang; technology & IP transactions lawyers Ben Zeris, Emma Flett and Noémie Broussoux-Coutard; and financial services regulatory lawyer Daniel Fallon.
