Sidley is representing Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its proposed acquisition of Quest Software from Francisco Partners. Quest Software creates and manages software solutions, from platform migrations to cloud deployments to security and governance, to help their clients create IT resilience for data, infrastructure, and systems. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, pending customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BoA Securities, Barclays, Credit Suisse, BMO Capital Markets, and Citigroup provided committed debt financing for the transaction.
The Sidley team is led by Mehdi Khodadad and Scott Williams (M&A and Private Equity), and includes Matthew Stoker, Mark Castiglia, David Meehan, Thomas Johnson, Alex Newland, Charles Mahone, and George Krug (M&A and Private Equity). Nicholas Schwartz (Global Finance) is leading the debt financing for the transaction with support from Julie Ann Rosenberg, Shneur Wolvovsky, and Kendra Smith (Global Finance). The Sidley deal team also includes Teresa Reuter, Peter McCorkell, Jason Marsico, Alex Down, and Julia Sprangers (Employment); Glenn Nash, Kyle Barnett, and Summer Danzeisen (Technology and IP Transactions); Stacy Crosnicker and Sarah Recktenwald (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Rachel Kleinberg and Jonathan Westreich (Tax); Karen Kazmerzak, Ken Daly, Elizabeth Chen, and Jakob Dewispelaere (Antitrust/Competition); Sven De Knop, Barbara Broussard, Jen Fernandez, Alessandra Moroni, and Ines Willemyns (International Trade); Scott Goldstein (Insurance); Craig Dukin (White Collar: Government Litigation and Investigations); and Sujit Raman, Stephen McInerney, and Michele Aronson (Privacy and Cybersecurity).
