Kirkland Advises Bain Capital on Strategic Growth Investment in Kahua

Kirkland & Ellis advised Bain Capital Tech Opportunities on a minority growth investment in Kahua, an AI enterprise construction platform for complex capital programs, at a valuation above $1 billion. The partnership will support Kahua's next phase of growth, including continued investment in AI and product innovation as well as go-to-market, customer success and talent development initiatives.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers George Boden, Chris Elder, Matthew O’Brien and Nick Whitten; debt finance lawyers Brian Ford, Andrew Hurley and Sydnee Hertle; capital markets lawyers Sarah Lipinski and Sophia Hudson; tax lawyers Mike Carew and David Gilbert; technology & IP transactions lawyers Daniel Lewis and Dan Sotos; executive compensation lawyers Scott Price and Neal Patel; employment & labor lawyers R.D. Kohut, Madeline Klebanov and Frank Policastri; employee benefits lawyers Alexandra Mihalas and Alicia Guzman; government contracts lawyers Brad Jorgensen, Andrew Current and Jack Haimowitz; international trade & national security lawyers John Kabealo, Nick Perez and Oni Enkhbat; environmental transactions lawyers Jonathan Kidwell and Isaac Lawrence; real estate lawyers Roberto Miceli and Victoria Reznik; and sustainability lawyer Menaka Nayar.