Kirkland & Ellis advised Vista Equity Partners (Vista) and its portfolio company Tripleseat, a leading event management software and integrated payments solution for the hospitality industry, on a strategic growth investment in Tripleseat from General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm. Existing shareholders Vista, Level Equity and Enlightened Hospitality Investments will remain as minority investors in the business.
The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Vlad Kroll and associates Hayley Gilbert, Fareed Karbassyoon and Christina Beyer; tax partners David Kung and Heidi Yuen and associate Allison Bray; debt finance partners Sonali Jindal and Andrea Weintraub and associate Matthew Demopoulos; technology & IP transactions partners John Lynn and Daisy Darvall and associate Derek Ventling; and executive compensation partner Rohit Nafday and associate Jordan Hartman.