Kirkland Advises Transom on Acquisition of SoundThinking
Kirkland & Ellis advised private equity firm Transom Capital Group on a definitive agreement to acquire SoundThinking, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSTI), a leading public safety technology company. Under the terms, Transom will acquire SoundThinking through a tender offer for $8.00 per share in cash and one non-transferable CVR worth up to $3.00 per share, for aggregate potential consideration of up to $11.00 per share in cash. The implied enterprise value of SoundThinking based solely on the upfront cash consideration is approximately $114 million, and the total enterprise value with payment of the maximum CVR payment is approximately $159 million. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the SoundThinking Board and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Andrew Norwich, Martin DiLoreto and Marshall Shaffer; capital markets lawyers Bob Goedert, Mollie Goldfarb, Robert Maneke, Clare McGraw, Ann Becchina and Jon Devries; tax lawyers Roger Lucas, Alison Bray and Pamela Ho; executive compensation lawyers Michael Falk, David Branham and Rebecca Arnall; debt finance lawyers Alex Straka, Connor Guilfoyle and Tae-Shin Lee; employee benefits lawyers Matthew Antinossi and Nick Carballo; real estate lawyers Roberto Miceli and Adam Amdur; environmental lawyers Sara Michaelchuck Webber and Rosanna Kaile; technology & IP transactions lawyers Daniel Lewis, Todd Herst and Yeram Choi; international trade & national security lawyers Luci Hague and Chad Crowell; government contracts lawyers Brad Jorgensen and Andrew Current; antitrust & competition lawyers Andrea Murino and Catherine Kordestani; and transactional liability lawyer Hayley Hollender.
