Kirkland Advises Bernhard Capital Partners on Acquisition of Bowman Consulting Group
Kirkland & Ellis advised Bernhard Capital Partners, an infrastructure and services-focused private equity management firm, on its definitive agreement to acquire Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: BWMN), a national engineering services and program management firm. The all-cash, $43.00 per share transaction represents an enterprise value of approximately $1.0 billion. Upon completion of the transaction, Bowman will become a privately held company and BWMN common stock will no longer be listed on the Nasdaq Exchange. The transaction was unanimously approved by Bowman’s Board of Directors and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2026 or the first quarter of calendar year 2027, subject to approval by Bowman shareholders, receipt of required regulatory approvals and the satisfaction or waiver of other customary closing conditions.
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Bill Benitez, Alex Robertson, Jonathan Sapp, William Kelly and Andrew Watson; debt finance lawyers Jordan Roberts and Brittany Taylor; capital markets lawyer Julian Seiguer; tax lawyers Mark Dundon and Griffin Peebles; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson and David van den Berg; investment funds lawyers Sean Malone and Indira Selimovic; employee benefits lawyer Alex Mihalas; and sustainability lawyer Alexandra Farmer.
