Payson W. Lyman

Since joining Kirkland, Payson's experience has included the representation of:

• Avista Capital Partners in its acquisition of Solmetex 

• Barentz International in its acquisition of Maroon Group 

• Warburg Pincus on the closing of $155 million Series E round of financing for Salsify, Inc. 

• Silversmith Capital Partners in its investment in Unily

• RLDatix, backed by TA Associates and Five Arrows Principal Investments / Five Arrows Capital Partners, in its acquisition of iContracts

• The Carlyle Group, alongside TA Associates, in its acquisition of Weiman Products 

• TA Associates in its investment, alongside GI Partners, in Netsmart Technologies, Inc.

• 3i Group plc in its investment in International Cruise & Excursions, Inc.

• OmniClaim, a healthcare cost containment and payment integrity solutions provider, in its sale to Equian, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital

• Bain Capital Private Equity in its $3.2 billion carve-out acquisition of Diversey Care from Sealed Air

Prior to joining Kirkland, Payson's experience included the representation of:

• TA Associates in its $1.15 billion acquisition of Russell Investments

• TA Associates in its acquisition of Gamma Technologies

• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of Polyconcept

• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its sale of Peacock Foods

• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of Tecomet

• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of QC Supply

• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Lifeskills South Florida

Goodwin Procter LLP

Prior to law school, Payson taught middle school English in Morganza, Louisiana as a Teach for America corps member