Kirkland Advises ghSMART on Significant Minority Investment by KKR

Kirkland & Ellis advised ghSMART, a premier global leadership advisory firm, on the acquisition of a significant minority stake by KKR, a leading global investment firm. The company partners with CEOs, boards, and investors to develop effective executive teams and support high-stakes leadership decisions. ghSMART’s founder, partners, and employees will retain majority ownership in the business and the current management team, led by CEO Jeff McLean, will continue to lead the company in their current roles. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Doug Ryder, Jack Shirley and Kuljeet Nagra; capital markets lawyers Robert Hayward and Drew Maliniak; tax lawyers Sara Zablotney and Leah Patrick; and executive compensation lawyers Michael Krasnovsky and Paige Costakos.