Kirkland Advises Cinven on Sale of Nitel to Comcast

Kirkland & Ellis advised Cinven on the sale of Nitel, a U.S. managed services provider headquartered in Chicago, to Comcast Business. Nitel is a network-as-a-service provider, specializing in delivering advanced managed services and connectivity solutions to enterprise customers across the United States. The close of the transaction was announced April 1, 2025. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Laura Sullivan, Martha Todd and Nicholas Friedel; tax lawyer Sara Zablotney; and debt finance lawyer Omar Raddawi.