Kirkland Advises Vista Equity Partners in a Majority Investment in Nexthink
Kirkland & Ellis represented Vista Equity Partners on a definitive agreement to acquire Nexthink, a category creator and leader in Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management. The transaction values the company at approximately $3 Billion. Driven by the emergence of agentic IT for employees and businesses, this strategic investment is expected to redefine traditional approaches to IT management and enterprise productivity. The deal was announced October 27 and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026 subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions.
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Stuart Casillas, Edward Brennan, Connor O’Flaherty, Ines Tzolov, Yangxier Sui, John Forsythe and Faith Udobong; technology & IP transactions lawyers John Lynn, Daisy Darvall, Emma Flett and Ben Zeris; executive compensation lawyers Rohit Nafday and Lilibeth Clelo-Garcha; tax lawyers David Kung and Heidi Yuen; antitrust & competition lawyers Stephen Mohr, Psalm Cheung and Mark Gardner; debt finance lawyers Sonali Jindal and Douglas Tedeschi; employee benefits lawyers Bob Zitko and Stew Dunoskovic; and employment & labor lawyers Kevin Miller and Jon Link.
