Kirkland Advises Genstar-Backed Apex Group on Acquisition of FundRock Group

Kirkland & Ellis advised Apex Group, a Genstar Capital portfolio company, in its planned acquisition of the FundRock Group. Upon completion of the proposed transaction, Apex Group will reach nearly $1 trillion in combined assets across administration, custody, depositary and under management, further solidifying its position as one of the world’s largest financial services providers. The transaction was announced on October 15, 2020.

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The matter involved Kirkland’s London and Paris offices, led by transactional partners Aprajita Dhundia, Adrian Duncan and David Higgins; with a team including transactional partner Laurent Victor-Michel, tax partners Tim Lowe and Sam Trowbridge, financial services regulatory partners Lisa Cawley and Colin Sharpsmith, antitrust partners Paula Riedel and Shane Cranley, technology & IP transactions partners Emma Flett and Joanna Thomson, litigation partner Sarah Klein and intellectual property advisor Renee Prescan; along with support from the U.S.-based team representing Genstar, led by transactional partners Sean Kramer, Matt Cohn and Armand Della Monica, and investment funds partner Paul Watt.