Kirkland Advises Vista Equity Partners on $1.5 Billion Investment in Jio Platforms

Kirkland & Ellis advised private equity firm Vista Equity Partners on its $1.5 billion investment in Jio Platforms, a next-generation Indian technology company and subsidiary of Reliance Industries. Vista’s investment implies a $65 billion equity valuation for Jio Platforms, which upon closing would make Vista the largest investor in Jio Platforms behind Reliance Industries and Facebook.

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The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Stuart Casillas, Vlad Kroll, Nathan Davis, Srinivas Kaushik and Abhishek Kolay, and associates Ari Levi, Lesley Hamilton, Katherine Ackerman and Alex Dayneka-Hayes.