Kirkland Advises Improving on Acquisition of DragonSpears and InfraCloud
Kirkland & Ellis advised Improving, a technology consulting, custom software solutions and training organization, on its acquisition of DragonSpears, a software development company specializing in cloud adoption, agile coaching and DevOps services, and InfraCloud, a company specializing in AI cloud services and application modernization using cloud-native and open source technologies. Headquartered in Chicago, DragonSpears will significantly bolster Improving’s current presence in the Midwest region. The InfraCloud acquisition enables Improving to leverage the expertise of an offshore team, with its primary workforce based in Pune, India.
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The Kirkland team advising on the DragonSpears acquisition included corporate lawyers Thomas Laughlin, Brad Johnson and Braxton Iden; tax lawyers David Wheat and Jon Nelsen; employment & labor lawyer Christie Alcala; employee benefits lawyer Justin Coddington; and executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson and Fishel Schreiber.
The Kirkland team advising on the InfraCloud acquisition included corporate lawyers Thomas Laughlin, Brad Johnson and Sarah Walden; tax lawyers David Wheat and Jon Nelsen; debt finance lawyers James Bedotto and Daniel Kirksey; employment & labor lawyer Christie Alcala; employee benefits lawyer Justin Coddington; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson and Fishel Schreiber; and technology & IP transactions lawyers Matt Lovell and Amber Harezlak.
