Kirkland & Ellis counseled Adenza, a provider of mission-critical risk management and regulatory software to the financial services industry, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm and long-time Kirkland client, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ), a technology company serving the global financial system, for $10.5 billion in cash and shares of common stock.