Kirkland Advises CCC on $6.1 Billion Acquisition by GTCR and Elliott
Kirkland & Ellis advised CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: CCC), a leading SaaS and AI platform provider for the multi-trillion-dollar insurance economy, on a definitive agreement to be acquired by a consortium of private investment firms led by GTCR and including Elliott Investment Management L.P. in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $6.1 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, CCC stockholders will receive $7.75 in cash for each share of CCC common stock. The transaction, which was announced on October 15, 2026, was approved by CCC’s Board of Directors and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals and the approval of CCC stockholders.
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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Will Boothby, Sarkis Jebejian, Will Stanton, Kevin Akrong, Stephanie Barbanell, Seung Bo Choi, Joseph Escoto, Lawrence Wint and Reynita R; executive compensation lawyers Michael Krasnovsky, Anthony Ji and Neal Patel; employee benefits lawyers Jeffrey Quinn and Ethan Kirner; employment & labor lawyers Mari Stonebraker and George Cartveli; technology & IP transactions lawyers Matthew Lovell and Roxana Azar; real estate lawyers Joshua Faulkner and Maria Ortega; environmental transactions lawyers Jonathan Kidwell and Mary-Michael Robertson; international trade & national security lawyers Lucille Hague, Nick Niles and Leah Butterfield; government contracts lawyers Brad Jorgensen and Andrew Current; antitrust & competition lawyers Andrea Agathoklis Murino, Ben Able, Kevin Auman and Dan Rosenthal; capital markets lawyers Ross Leff, Leia Pearl Andrew, Ryan Paulish and Zachary Stricklin; debt finance lawyers Jay Ptashek, Justin Greer and Tommy Kagerer; tax lawyers Jared Rusman, Devin J. Heckman and Helena Guenther; and litigation lawyer Stefan Atkinson.
