Kirkland Advises Warburg Pincus on Launch of Unity Advisory

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Warburg Pincus on its partnership with Marissa Thomas and Steve Varley, two of the UK’s most accomplished professional services leaders, to establish Unity Advisory, a next-generation CFO advisory firm. Unity Advisory is financed through an initial equity line of up to $300 million from funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus, along with a substantial commitment from the founders. Unity Advisory will initially provide Office of the CFO services spanning business finance, finance operations, tax and compliance, deal readiness, digital and transformation to private equity-backed and other upper mid-market businesses.

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The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Adrian Maguire and Jiri Peterka; and tax lawyer Peter Abbott.