Press Release

Kirkland Advises Francisco Partners on Investment in iZotope Under Partnership with Native Instruments

Kirkland & Ellis advised Francisco Partners on its investment in iZotope, the experts in intelligent audio technology, in connection with iZotope’s newly formed partnership with Native Instruments. The two entities will combine to form Music Creation Group, a Francisco Partners-backed technology group. Both companies hold a shared vision of a seamless creative experience and are creating this unprecedented alliance to shape the future of music making and audio production.

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Sean Kramer, Austin Pollet and Aprajita Dhundia and associates Elaine Sun and Erica Sun, tax partner Devin Heckman, executive compensation partner Rohit Nafday, and technology & IP transactions partner Vlad Khodosh.