Since joining Kirkland, Austin has been involved in the following matters:
- Abry Partners in its sale of Blue Mantis, a provider of IT services, managed services, cybersecurity and cloud solutions, to Recognize.
- Astira Capital Partners in its acquisition of CallRevu, a provider of a call intelligence platform for automotive retail, from Serent Capital.
- Berkshire Partners in its investment in Electric Power Engineers, a provider of energy and power systems engineering and consulting services.
- Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of Front Row Group, a provider of outsourced marketplace management to beauty, health & wellness and consumer packaged goods brands.
- Charlesbank in its investment in Access Medical Clinic, a provider of a rural health platform delivering primary, urgent and specialty care.
- Gemspring Capital in its acquisition of Technology Recovery Group, a global managed services provider that handles the full lifecycle of enterprise technology.
- Charlesbank-backed DoiT International, a provider of cloud cost-management technology and services, in a dividend recapitalization.
- Monomoy Capital Partners in its acquisition of Oliver Packaging and Equipment, a provider of food packaging systems and bakery equipment.
- Slipstream IT, a provider of technology services to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry, in its investment from GreyLion Partners and Denali Growth Partners.
- The New Castle Network in its strategic growth investments in Super7, a pop-culture design house and producer of lifestyle-oriented products.
- Verdane in the $600 million merger of Urban Sports Club, a provider of corporate employee benefit programs and consumer wellness solutions, and Wellness, a provider of a corporate wellbeing platform.
- Windjammer-backed Paragon Energy Solutions, a provider of nuclear power industry solutions, in its $585 million sale to Mirion Technologies (NYSE: MIR).
Prior to joining Kirkland, Austin was involved in the following matters:
- Representation of SaaS company in majority sale to Vista Equity Partners at a $2.3 billion valuation.
- Representation of SaaS company in sale to Clearhaven Partners.
- Representation of private company in a strategic sale to Bestpass, Inc.
