Kirkland Advises 26North on Acquisition of Controlling Stake in AVI-SPL

Kirkland & Ellis advised 26North Partners LP (26North), the next-generation alternatives platform founded by Josh Harris, on its agreement to acquire a controlling stake in AVI-SPL, the global leader in audio-video and unified communications technologies, from Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin) and other selling shareholders. Marlin and select shareholders will retain a minority interest in the company. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Ryan Brissette, Daniel Goldschmidt and Pete Martelli; debt finance lawyers Doug Tedeschi, Andrew Hurley and Jud Oswald; and tax lawyers Vivek Ratnam and Mike Beinus.