Kirkland Advises EQT on Significant Investment in CFC
Kirkland & Ellis is advising EQT IX fund (“EQT Private Equity”) on its significant investment, together with Vitruvian Partners, in CFC, alongside CFC’s management team. CFC is a technology-driven, specialist insurance provider, pioneer in emerging risk and market leader in cyber, serving more than 100,000 businesses in over 90 countries. EQT and Vitruvian Partners will support CFC’s investments in innovative and market-leading technology and in continuing to deliver best-in-class products and services to its customers.
The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Roger Johnson, Aneeq Durrani, Greg Scott, Henry Birch and Parimah Hassouri and associates Moose Sarfraz and Callum Alder; financial services regulatory partner Philip McEachen; antitrust partner Mark Gardner and Michael Thorpe; tax partner Tim Lowe and associate Rohit Pisal.
