Kirkland Advises Hilco Global on Majority Stake Sale to ORIX USA

Kirkland & Ellis advised Hilco Global, a diversified global financial services firm, on a definitive agreement in which ORIX USA will acquire a majority equity ownership of Hilco. This will be the foundation of a new asset-based lending arm, which will combine Hilco Global’s expertise in and access to tangible and intangible assets with ORIX USA’s capital and lending capabilities to capture this growing, compelling market opportunity. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025 after the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and the receipt of required regulatory approvals.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Carlo Zenkner, Jonathan Davis, Aseda Ghartey-Tagoe, Ned Schultheis, Matthew Burner, Hayley Haggard, Dov Seifman, Ben Hai and Michael Leaf Puvanesan; investment funds lawyers Pete Vaglio and Lena Yoon; tax lawyers Joseph Tootle, Mark Schwed, Joseph Riddle, Jeremy Miller, Michael Akpomiemie and Ceinwen Rees; executive compensation lawyers Rohit Nafday and Paige Costakos; litigation lawyer Stefan Atkinson; technology & IP transactions lawyers Joanna Schlingbaum and Leonor Beatriz Suarez; international trade & national security lawyer Luci Hague; and antitrust & competition lawyers Rebekah Tobison Scherr and Brady Sweet.