Francesco Castaldi is a corporate associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Francesco’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and corporate governance.
Experience
Representative Matters
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
GTCR-backed Lytx in its $2.5 billion sale to Permira Funds
Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company in its investment in ClareMedica Health Partners
Madison Dearborn Partners in its acquisition of Velocity Technology Solutions
Audax Group in its sale of Rogue Wave, a provider of software development tools and code components
Audax Group in its acquisition of Stonewall Kitchen
Estancia Capital Management in its acquisition of Geneva Capital Management
Summit Partners in its sale of Healthline Media to Red Ventures
New Water Capital in its acquisition of Saline Lectronics
Thomas H. Lee Partners in its acquisition of Technology Services Group
Technology Crossover Ventures in its acquisition of Rave Mobile Safety
Resilience Capital Partners in its sale of Thermal Solutions Manufacturing
Linden Capital Partners in its preferred equity investment in IVX Health
Vesey Street Capital Partners, LLC in its recapitalization of QualityMetric
Fund Formation
Incline Equity Partners in the formation of its $314.5 million Incline Elevate Fund
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ExternHonorable Judge John Robert BlakeyUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2016
Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2017
Teach for America, Chicago Region, 2013
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2018Illinois
Education
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.cum laude2018
Associate Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
Dominican UniversityM.A., Teaching2015
Northwestern UniversityB.A., Political Science2013
