Payson W. Lyman

Prior to and since joining Kirkland, Payson was involved in the following matters:

• TA Associates and its portfolio company RLDatix in its acquisition of Quantros Patient Safety Business
• TA Associates and its portfolio company RLDatix in its acquisition of Verge Health
• TA Associates and its portfolio company insightsoftware in its acquisition of Excel4apps
• The Carlyle Group and TA Associates in their equity recapitalization of PurposeBuilt Brands with a new investment from Rock Mountain Capital and The Olayan Group
• The Carlyle Group and Spectrum Equity in the sale of Extreme Reach to Gamut Capital Management
• The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of Manna Pro Products and multiple bolt-on acquisitions
• The Carlyle Group on its preferred stock investment in a leading fitness and health business
• Bain Capital in its acquisition of Varsity Brands from Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group
• Bain Capital in the sale of its JV interests in IVS Bulk to Grindrod Shipping
• Bain Capital in its strategic investment in Carson Group
• Bain Capital in its acquisition of a majority stake in Surf Broadband Solutions
• Gemspring Capital in its acquisition of Midland Industries, LLC, a distributor and manufacturer of pipe, valve and fitting products across North America
• Gemspring Capital Management LLC and its portfolio company, Amplix, on Amplix’s acquisition of Inflow Communications LLC
• Abry Partners in its acquisition of Millennium Trust Co. from Parthenon Capital
• Abry Partners in its acquisition of Franklin Energy Group, a leading provider of demand side management solutions to utility clients, from Kohlberg & Company
• Abry Partners and its portfolio company, Franklin Energy Group, in its acquisition of Build it Green’s utility business, a boutique implementer of residential energy efficiency programs within California
• American Securities LLC in its strategic partnership with SimonMed Imaging
• TPG Growth in its acquisition of Denali Water Solutions
• Nexus Capital Management in its acquisition of the Natural Balance's premium pet food business from The J.M. Smucker Co.
• TZP Group in its growth equity investment in Saatva
• TZP Group in its acquisition of Re-Bath
• Silversmith Capital Partners in its minority investment in Microblink
• Silversmith Capital Partners in its investment in Webflow
• Silversmith Capital Partners in its investment in DistroKid
• Barings in its recapitalization of Milestone Equipment Holdings
• Wheels Up, Inc. in its sale of its aircraft management business
• Avista Capital Partners in its acquisition of Solmetex 
• Barentz International in its acquisition of Maroon Group 
• Warburg Pincus on the closing of $155 million Series E round of financing for Salsify, Inc. 
• Silversmith Capital Partners in its investment in Unily
• RLDatix, backed by TA Associates and Five Arrows Principal Investments / Five Arrows Capital Partners, in its acquisition of iContracts
• The Carlyle Group, alongside TA Associates, in its acquisition of Weiman Products 
• TA Associates in its investment, alongside GI Partners, in Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
• 3i Group plc in its investment in International Cruise & Excursions, Inc.
• OmniClaim, a healthcare cost containment and payment integrity solutions provider, in its sale to Equian, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital
• Bain Capital Private Equity in its $3.2 billion carve-out acquisition of Diversey Care from Sealed Air
• TA Associates in its $1.15 billion acquisition of Russell Investments*
• TA Associates in its acquisition of Gamma Technologies*
• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of Polyconcept*
• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its sale of Peacock Foods*
• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of Tecomet*
• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of QC Supply*
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Lifeskills South Florida*

*Prior to joining Kirkland

Prior to law school, Payson taught middle school English in Morganza, Louisiana as a Teach for America corps member