Aisha P. Lavinier

Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Practices

Overview

Aisha Lavinier is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Aisha advises private equity sponsors and public and private companies on complex business transactions, including structuring and negotiating strategic mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, equity and debt financings, recapitalizations and restructurings, executive compensation and incentive equity arrangements, as well as other general corporate matters.

Aisha has represented public companies, private companies and private equity firms on transactions, in various industries, including, specialty chemicals, healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, software and service providers, transportation and logistics. Representative matters have ranged in size from several million dollars to more than $6 billion.

Experience

Thoma Bravo on its approximately $730 million acquisition of Majesco, a provider of cloud insurance software solutions

Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of Pretium Packaging

GTCR in connection with its acquisition and sale of Xifin

Vista Equity Partners in its acquisition of JAMF Holdings from Summit Partners

GTCR in connection with its acquisition of Cision

Bain Capital Private Equity in connection with its acquisition of Viewpoint Construction Software and establishment of equity arrangements

Madison Dearborn Partners in connection with its multibillion dollar sale of Nuveen Investments

Madison Dearborn Partners in connection with its acquisition of SIRVA, Inc.

Madison Dearborn Partners in connection its acquisition of U.S. Lumber

Virtual Radiologic Corporation in its sale to Mednax

A leading multinational technology company in connection with its complex recapitalization and restructuring

Chicago Growth Partners in connection with its sale of Caprion Proteomics

Arsenal Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Peach State Labs

GTCR and Crealta Pharmaceuticals in connection with the sale of Crealta to Horizon Pharma

Beecken Petty O’Keefe in connection with its sale of EDP Investment Holdings to Onex Corporation

Payment Alliance Holdings in connection with its sale to Clearent

Harren Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition of the Virginia Tile Company

Willis Stein Partners in connection with its sale of Velocitel to QualTek

H.I.G. Capital in connection with its sale of CPower

Account Manager, ClearStructure Financial Technology, London, England

Recognition

Named to “Most Influential Black Lawyers” by Savoy, 2022

Recognized as a “BTI Client Service All-Star” by BTI Consulting Group, 2022. Clients say "Aisha is laser focused on our organization," and "she is engaged in trying to help us find solutions to our problems and issues."

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Diversity Fellow

Memberships & Affiliations

Director of Legal Aid Chicago

Faculty Member and Speaker for Practising Law Institute

Member of the Board of Directors of LINK Unlimited, a Chicago area nonprofit

Member of the Associates Committee of Women in Law Empowerment Forum

Member of Chicago Bar Association Leadership Institute

Member of American Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

Illinois

Education

Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.cum laude

Editor-in-Chief, Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
Rice UniversityB.A., Biochemistry & Cell Biology