Big Deals

"...activist investor Paul Singer, who runs New York-based hedge fund Elliott Management, prevailed in his months-long quest to force a sale of San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology Inc. Riverbed said it would sell itself for $3.6 billion in cash to Thoma Bravo, the private equity arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

Kirkland & Ellis is advising longtime client Thoma Bravo on the deal. Corporate partners Corey Fox, Gerald Nowak and Bradley Reed are leading Kirkland's team."

This article appeared in its entirety in the January 29, 2015 edition of The American Lawyer.