Kirkland Advises Azul on Strategic Investment from Thoma Bravo
Kirkland & Ellis advised Azul Systems, a provider of industry-leading Java runtime solutions, on a definitive agreement to receive a majority strategic investment from Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm. As part of the transaction, Azul’s existing investors Vitruvian Partners and Lead Edge Capital will be reinvesting significant new capital and will retain minority stakes alongside Azul’s employees.
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Adam Phillips, Duncan Enista, Marissa Leonce, Matthew Eaton and Mark Sibold; and tax lawyer Devin Heckman.
