Press Release

Kirkland Advises Silversmith on $60 Million Growth Investment in SkillCorner

Kirkland & Ellis advised Boston-based growth equity firm Silversmith Capital Partners on a $60 million growth investment in SkillCorner, a provider of AI-driven sports tracking and contextual performance data. With this investment, SkillCorner plans to scale its data engineering and product development teams, deepen its footprint in North America and enhance its suite of data products that are redefining performance analysis, scouting and recruitment workflows.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Laurent Victor-Michel, Christian Atwood, Guillaume Nivault, Amanda Levi-Acobas, Ernesto Sanz, Olivia Crow, Emma Peplowski and Charles Gilbert; tax lawyers Nadine Gelli, Lee Morlock, Quentin Lypick and Joe Morley; executive compensation lawyers Matt Wood, Travis Bruno and Abigail Lane; and international trade & national security lawyer Billy Phalen.