Sidley Represents Clearlake Capital in Strategic Investment in Aptean

Sidley represented Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its strategic investment in Aptean, a global provider of customer relationship management solutions, enterprise resource planning software for manufacturing companies, and supply chain applications. Clearlake joins existing investors TA Associates, Insight Partners, and Charlesbank Capital Partners to enable Aptean’s management team to continue delivering differentiated solutions to the market and accelerate the company’s growth.

The Sidley team was led by Mehdi Khodadad and Mark Castiglia (M&A and Private Equity) and included Anthony James Friedman (M&A and Private Equity); Vadim Brusser and Ken Daly (Antitrust and Competition); Eric Kauffman (Labor, Employment and Immigration); Stacy Crosnicker (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation); Sven De Knop and Alessandra Moroni (International Trade); and Rachel Kleinberg and Jonathan Westreich (Tax).