Kirkland Advises Vista Equity Partners on Strategic Investment in AKUVO

Kirkland & Ellis advised Vista Equity Partners on its strategic investment in AKUVO, a leading technology organization specializing in collections and credit risk management. The investment aims to significantly accelerate AKUVO’s artificial intelligence strategy and further its mission to modernize collections and risk management for financial institutions. The transaction was announced on September 18, 2025.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Vlad Kroll, Alex Dayneka-Hayes, Joe Caputo and Andrew Liu; and tax lawyers Heidi Yuen and Grace Nielsen.