Kirkland & Ellis advised Hg on a strategic investment in CINC Systems, a leading cloud-based software company serving the community association management sector. Upon completion of the transaction, Hg will become a strategic growth investor alongside CINC Founder Bill Blanton, its management team, as well as current investor Spectrum Equity.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Travis Nelson, Rodin Hai-Jew and Cameron Leishman and associates Dan O’Connor, Alexi Warren, Asal Yunusov and Taylor Petersen; debt finance partners Sonali Jindal and Austin Glassman and associate Christian Rivas; tax partners Kevin Coenen and Bill Dong and associate Grace Nielsen; payments and financial services regulatory of counsel Julie Kunetka; technology & IP transactions partners John Lynn and Amber Harezlak and associates Thao Thai and Joe Evans; executive compensation partner Jack Stratton and associate Dominique Collins; employment & labor partner Sydney Jones and associates Jaime Wamble and Maayan Sachs; employee benefits partner Bob Zitko and associate Milteva Andonellis; environmental transactions partner Jim Dolphin and associate Alyssa Huang; real estate partner Rob Miceli and associate Benjamin Stoyenko; international trade & national security partner Luci Hague and associate Erika Krum; and antitrust & competition partners Scott Scheele and Matthew Wheatley and associate Declan Duggan.