Ankita Gulati

Since joining Kirkland, Ankita’s experience has included the following matters, advising:

• Advent International on its $6.3 billion acquisition of Canada-based global payments processor Nuvei Corporation.
• Cinven on its acquisition of all outstanding shares in SYNLAB AG, valued at approximately €2.2 billion.
• Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, on its sale to General Atlantic, a global growth equity investor.
• Carlisle Companies Incorporated on the sale of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies.
• Bain on:
  
  • The significant equity investment in EcoCeres, Inc.
  • The change from sole to joint control of Fedrigoni with BC Partners.
  • Its investment in SumUp.
  • Its $250 million investment in Cuisine Solutions Inc., the global leader and pioneer in sous vide premium foods.
• Bain and Diversey on the sale of Diversey to Solenis, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, for $4.6 billion.
• Bain Capital Private Equity and its portfolio company, Blue Nile, in connection with its sale to Signet Jewellers Ltd.
• KKR on:
  
  • The acquisition of CIRCOR International, Inc. in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion.
  • On its investment in healthcare data and technology company Cotiviti.
• KKR and Alludo on the acquisition of Nitro Software.
• Thoma Bravo on:
  
  • Its acquisition of Coupa Software for an enterprise value of $8 billion.
  • The $10.4 billion acquisition of Anaplan, Inc.
  • Its acquisition of SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. for approximately $6.9 billion.
  • Its portfolio company Adenza’s agreement to be acquired by Nasdaq, Inc. for $10.5 billion in cash and shares of common stock.
  • The acquisition of UserTesting.
  • The sale of Barracuda to KKR.
  • The acquisition of Magnet Forensics.
  • Its strategic growth investment in Circle Cardiovascular Imaging.
  • The public takeover offer for EQS Group AG.
  • The acquisition of Everbridge, Inc. for $1.5 billion.
  • Its take-private acquisition of Mercell Holding.
  • The acquisition of Darktrace for approximately $5.3 billion.
• Proofpoint, a cybersecurity and compliance company, on its acquisition of Tessian, a cloud email security platform.
• Thoma Bravo-backed Anaplan on the acquisition of Fluence Technologies, a financial close, consolidation, and reporting software provider.
• Genstar Capital on the acquisition of Lightspeed Systems, the market leader in online student safety and effectiveness.
• Beacon Rail Metro Finance B.V. on its acquisition of Mitsui Rail Capital Europe B.V., a full-service locomotive leasing business in Europe, from Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
• Vestar Capital Partners on the completion of a $1.2 billion continuation fund transaction.
• I Squared Capital in the formation of a pipeline joint venture between ISQ Whistler Holdings, a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, Enbridge Inc. and MPLX.
• Apex Clean Energy on its partial sale of a portfolio of operating clean energy assets.