Press Release

Kirkland Advises Finastra on Sale of Universal Banking to Pollen Street Capital

Kirkland & Ellis advised Finastra, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company, on the carve-out sale of its global core banking software business, Universal Banking, to Pollen Street Capital. The transaction remains subject to customary regulatory approvals.

 

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Jacob Traff, Stuart Boyd, Ben Hai, Steven Hunter, Michael Dunton and Benjamin Whidborne; technology & IP transactions lawyers Emma Flett, Max Harris and Calum Parfitt; and tax lawyers Mavnick Nerwal, Katie Price, Tomas McGrath, Abigail Curry, Guntash Gill, Bryan Leighton and Quentin Lypick.