Kirkland & Ellis advised LiveVox (NASDAQ: LVOX), a leading AI-driven proactive outreach provider, in connection with its definitive agreement to be acquired by NICE (NASDAQ: NICE), a global market leader in customer experience (CX) with a robust AI-driven cloud platform for managing customer interactions of all types. Together, NICE and LiveVox will help organizations accelerate their CX operations into the digital era with smart, conversational AI at scale. Under the terms of the merger agreement, at the closing of the transaction LiveVox stockholders will receive $3.74 in cash for each share of LiveVox common stock. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2024, subject to certain regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Monica Shilling, Dov Kogen, Eric Cohen and Garett Morin, and capital markets partner Henry Pruitt.