Press Release

Kirkland Represents Centerbridge Partners on Majority Equity Investment in Syncapay for Acquisition of North Lane Technologies, Formerly Wirecard North America, and Combination with daVinci Payments

Kirkland advised funds advised by Centerbridge Partners, L.P., a leading private investment management firm with extensive experience in supporting growth opportunities in the financial services sector, on its majority equity investment in Syncapay, Inc., a holding company for payment technology and solutions companies, including daVinci Payments. In connection with Centerbridge Partners' equity investment, daVinci Payments will combine with North Lane Technologies, formerly Wirecard North America Inc., to establish a high-growth, premier payment company with innovative technology and solutions. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

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The Kirkland team was led by transactional partner Maggie Flores and included corporate partners Peter Martelli, Ben Leyendecker and Robert Pohlus and associate Jonathan Dhanawade, debt finance partners Wolfganf Nardi, Judson Oswald and Kristen Smith and restructuring associate Ann-Kathrin Ziegler, and tax partners Mike Beinus and Polina Liberman.