Kirkland Advises Cision, Inc. in Merger with Capitol Acquisition Corp.

Kirkland & Ellis advises Canyon Holdings S.A.R.L. (Cision, Inc.), a leading global provider of cloud-based earned media solutions, in its merger with public investment vehicle Capitol Acquisition Corp. III. As a result of this merger, Cision will become a publicly listed company with an anticipated initial enterprise value of approximately $2.4 billion. Under the terms of the proposed business combination, Cision and Capitol Acquisitions will become wholly owned subsidiaries of a new publicly traded entity. To read more about the transaction, please click here.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Stephen Ritchie, Mark Fennell, Sean Kramer and associates Peter Stach and Jeff Gilson; capital markets partners Carol Anne Huff, Craig Garvey and associate Kevin Frank; executive compensation partner Dean Bachus and associate Kate Coverdale; technology and IP transactions partner Seth Traxler and associate Ryan Farrell;  tax partners William Welke, Russell Light, Polina Liberman and Dulcie Daly; employee benefits partners Alexandra Mihalas and Melissa Grim; labor and employment partner Matthew Keiser and associate Evangelia Podaras; real estate partner John Caruso and associate John Jefferson; environmental transaction partner Paul Tanaka and associate Michael Mahoney; antitrust partners Michael Thorpe and Sarah Jordan; debt finance partners Christopher Butler and Thomas Dobleman; corporate partner Aprajita Dhundia and associate Nick-Raj Birdi; director of mergers and acquisitions clearance Kurt Wunderlich; and mergers and acquisitions clearance specialist Mollie Tuomisto.