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Mergers & Acquisitions

Oct. 2, 2013

Kirkland, DLA Piper handle Vista Equity's latest billion-dollar buy

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Vista Equity Partners in its $1.05 billion acquisition of Active Network Inc., a San Diego-based online event registration platform. DLA Piper's San Diego office worked the deal for Active Network.


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


San Francisco-based private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has been keeping attorneys at Kirkland & Ellis LLP busy this year with a string of high-value acquisitions in a handful of different industries.


On Monday, event registration software developer Active Network Inc. announced it was the latest target of a Vista Equity buyout. Under the terms of the deal, Vista Equity will pay $1.05 b...

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