KYLE BARNETT is a senior managing associate in Sidley’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Technology and Life Sciences Transactions practice. Kyle counsels clients primarily in the area of intellectual property and technology transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, IP licenses, software development and licensing, outsourcing, and other commercial arrangements.
Kyle received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a board member of the Science and Technology Law Review. He received a B.A. in Political Science from Brigham Young University.

Senior Managing Associate
E. Kyle Barnett
- M&A
- Private Equity
- Technology and Life Sciences Transactions
Experience
- Representative Matters
Kyle’s experience includes the following representations:
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in a significant new equity investment in Dodge Construction Network.
- Symplr in its agreement to acquire Midas Health Analytics Solutions from Conduent Incorporated.
- Proven Brands, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.’s Better For You Holdings food platform, in its sale for approximately $259 million to Hain Celestial Group, Inc., an organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
- Prudential Financial, Inc. in the sale of a US$31 billion portion of its in-force legacy variable annuity block for US$2.2 billion to Fortitude Re, Bermuda’s largest multi-line reinsurer (pending).
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its proposed US$5.2 billion acquisition of Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., a global leader in talent management software.
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its US$3 billion take-private acquisition of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.
- Zywave, Inc., a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a portfolio company of Accel-KKR
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of nThrive’s Technology Division from nThrive Holdings, LP, a portfolio company of Pamplona Capital Management
- symplr in its acquisitions of TractManager, Inc., an Arsenal Capital Partners portfolio company, ComplyTrack from the Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory division, and API Healthcare from Veritas Capital
- Dude Solutions Inc., backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in the acquisition of Confirm® from Precisely
- Provation, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of ePreop, Inc.
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of Zywave, Inc.
- Represented Athene Holding Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of the business of Donlen Corporation from Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs in numerous investment and sale transactions including: Acronis, Aryaka, Blue Sage, CallMiner, deepwatch, Egnyte, Innovid, LeanTaaS, and Zipwhip
- Great Hill Partners in numerous investment, acquisition, and sale transactions, including: CustomInk, Gizmodo Media Group, EnterpriseDB, TodayTix, and ZoomInfo
- Sixth Street in investment and sale transactions, including DrFirst, MDLIVE, Medsphere and SmartDrive
- RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused specifically on the healthcare industry, and its portfolio companies, including multiple transactions related to the expansion of RoundTable’s Santa Cruz Nutritionals portfolio company
- A health insurance organization in negotiating a comprehensive IT outsourcing contract.
- A private equity firm in its acquisition of a global software company specializing in big data, high-speed sorting products, and data integration software and services.
- A publicly traded company in its carve-out sale of its transportation industry technology services business.
- A private equity firm in its acquisition of the North American business of a leading international cosmetics company.
- A private equity firm in its acquisition of a provider of software solutions for employee giving, grants management, and corporate social responsibility.
- A private equity firm in its investment in a global provider of web hosting and managed cloud services.
- Various clients regarding intellectual property and technology issues in mergers, acquisitions, and asset purchases, including the structuring and drafting of purchase agreements, financing agreements, and transition services agreements.
*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.
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- Illinois
- New York
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2011
- Brigham Young University, B.A., 2008