Kirkland Advises Metaco in Sale to Ripple
Kirkland & Ellis advised the shareholders of Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and tokenization technology, on its sale to Ripple, a leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions.
The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Louis Gosset and Ryan Brissette and associates Philippe Simard and Bridget Hamway; debt finance partner Kalish Mullen and tax partner Mark Schwed and associate Charles Roarty, with assistance from antitrust partner Thomas Wilson and associate Alexandre Rouhette; technology & IP transactions partners Jeffery Norman and Joanna Schlingbaum and associate Maggie King; employee benefits partner Alexandra Mihalas and associate Hannah Barlow; and executive compensation partner Michael Krasnovsky and associate Rebekah Kostelak.
