Kirkland Advises Luminate Capital Partners on its Investment in AbsenceSoft Partners

Kirkland & Ellis advised Luminate Capital Partners, a private equity firm investing in growth software companies, on its investment in AbsenceSoft, the leading SaaS platform for leave of absence and accommodations management. Luminate's investment will help AbsenceSoft continue its growth trajectory and expand its leadership position in the market. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Rodin Hai-Jew and Javier Oliver-Keymorth and associates Lauren Iwasaki and Jane Guo; tax partner Devin Heckman and associates Nithya Sheshadri and Grace Nielsen; debt finance partners Nisha Kanchanapoomi and Caitlin Bouey and associate Shelby Lindholm; technology & IP transactions partner Vlad Khodosh and associate Malia Taqbeem; executive compensation partner Jack Stratton and associate Deena Muzafar; employee benefits of counsel Jack Bernstein and associate Mackenzie Packard; employment & labor partner Jackie Heffernan and associate Maayan Sachs; international trade & national security partner Mario Mancuso and associates Billy Phalen and Brandon Ricaurte; real estate partner Roberto Miceli and associate Bob McAuliff; environmental transactions partner Paul Tanaka and associate Omar Khodor; and antitrust & competition partners Matthew Wheatley and Mark Gardner and associates Mackenzie Pike and Alexandre Rouhette.