What they do
- Services
- M&A law, Private equity law, Capital markets law, Banking and finance law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$264m, from A$142m to A$1.1bn
- Clients
- Private equity, Listed companies
- Places served
- US
- Founded
- 1909
- Team
- 4000
From kirkland.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /services/practices/transactional, /content/about-kirkland
Deals
Columns
4 of 4 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | NGI Stable Growth Portfolio (portfolio of Net Revenue Share interests in 17 alternative asset managers) | Stable Asset Management LP | Navigator Global Investments | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Navigator Global Investments (acquirer) | Completed | 264.2 | Asset and wealth management | Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side)Seward & Kissel (sell-side)MinterEllison (sell-side) | Navigator Global Investments acquisition of NGI Stable Growth Portfolio (portfolio of Net Revenue Share interests in 17 alternative asset managers) |
| Apr 2026 | Downtown Music Holdings | – | Universal Music Group (through Virgin Music Group) | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Virgin Music Group (acquirer) | Completed | 1,104.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Freshfields (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)TozziniFreire Advogados (sell-side) | Universal Music Group (through Virgin Music Group) acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings |
| Mar 2026 | Georgian | – | Navigator Global Investments | Stake | Legal adviser to Navigator Global Investments (acquirer) | Completed | 142.5 | Asset and wealth management | Goldman Sachs (sell-side)Weil, Gotshal & Manges (sell-side) | Navigator Global Investments stake in Georgian |
| Jun 2025 | RANOS | – | BlueMatrix | Acquisition | Legal adviser to BlueMatrix and Thoma Bravo (acquirer) | Completed | – | Software | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | Thoma Bravo acquisition of RANOS |
Listed on their website
- Kirkland Advises Accel-KKR on Sale of NAVTOR to Alfa Laval 2026
- Kirkland Advises Transom Capital Group on Acquisition of Cree LED 2026
- Kirkland Advises DTE Energy on Approximately $3 Billion Sale of DTE Vantage approximately $3 billion · 2026
- Kirkland Advises Speedcast on Sale of Teleport Infrastructure Business to SatPort 2026
- Kirkland Advises Advent on Acquisition of Vermeg 2026
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- Goldman Sachs
1 dealCompare - Weil, Gotshal & Manges
1 dealCompare - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
1 dealCompare - Allens
1 dealCompare - TozziniFreire Advogados1 dealCompare
- Seward & Kissel
1 dealCompare - MinterEllison
1 dealCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
Repeat clients
- Navigator Global Investments2 deals