Sidley is representing Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of Confluence Technologies, Inc. from TA Associates. Confluence is a global software and data solutions provider for the investment management industry, working with asset managers and service providers to automate business processes across the front, middle, and back office.
The Sidley team is being led by Mehdi Khodadad, Matthew Stoker, and Mark Castiglia (M&A and Private Equity), and included Patrick Sims (M&A and Private Equity); Eric Kauffman, Peter McCorkell, and Emily Wajert (Employment); Dusan Clark and Kyle Barnett (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 and Alessandra Moroni (International Trade); and Ash Nagdev, Mark Prior, and Denise Kara (Privacy and Cybersecurity).