Kirkland Advises Vista Equity Partners in $3.5 Billion Acquisition of Pluralsight

Kirkland & Ellis represents Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, which announced today a definitive agreement to acquire Pluralsight, Inc. (NASDAQ: PS), the technology workforce development company. Under the terms of the agreement, Vista, in partnership with its institutional co-investors including Partners Group, will acquire all outstanding shares of Pluralsight common stock in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.5 billion. 

The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Pluralsight shareholders and receipt of regulatory approvals. Upon completion of the transaction, Pluralsight will become a privately held company and shares of Pluralsight common stock will no longer be listed on any public market. 

Read more in Pluralsight’s press release

The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners David Klein, Daniel Wolf, Stuart Casillas, Nathan Davis and James Beach, along with transactional partner Jean Lee and associates Nick Howe and Katherine Schloss Ackerman, debt finance partners Sonali Jindal and Douglas Tedeschi, tax partners David Kung and Heidi Yuen, executive compensation partner Mike Krasnovsky and associate Laura Gallo, and capital markets partner Robert Goedert.