CHICAGO, Illinois, July 16 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that Claire Campbell has joined the Firm as a corporate partner. "Claire is a talented attorney who brings experience across the spectrum of complex transactions as both outside and in-house counsel for private equity funds," said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland's Executive Committee. "We are excited to welcome her to Kirkland." Ms. Campbell was previous more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 17 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis counseled Blackstone (NYSE: BX) on its definitive agreement to acquire Trystar, a premier provider of electrical equipment used for backup power solutions for the data center, industrial, commercial, healthcare and utility end markets. The company's product offerings help to ensure power reliability, which is of increasing importance amidst the energy transition. Read Blackstone's more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 17 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised CyrusOne, a leading global data center developer and operator specializing in delivering state-of-the-art digital infrastructure solutions, on securing a $687.1 million Single Asset Single Borrower Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security (CMBS) loan for CyrusOne's DFW1 data center, the company's inaugural CMBS issuance. This transaction brings CyrusOne's total capital raised th more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 17 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising global growth investor Warburg Pincus on a strategic investment in industry-leading Saas company Varicent. Private equity firm Great Hill Partners and Spectrum Equity are investing alongside Warburg. Varicent is a leading provider of SaaS-enabled operational and analytical tools that help companies assess and enhance sales performance. The investment will be used to ex more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 17 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that Andre Duminy has joined the Firm as a partner in the Technology & IP Transactions practice. "Andre is an outstanding attorney and proven leader in the Technology & IP Transactions area, which continues to grow and evolve along with our broader M&A practice in Europe," said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland's Executive Committee. "We are excited to welc more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 16 -- Barack Ferrazzano, a law firm, issued the following news release: Christian Dior has signed British Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton as its newest brand ambassador and guest designer for a new lifestyle capsule collection. The partnership comes as the seven-time Formula 1 world champion is poised to switch teams to Ferrari in 2025 after 12 seasons with Mercedes. Hamilton, who has a reputation as one of the most stylish racers in Formula 1, worked with Kim Jones, ar more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 16 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: CHICAGO - As more details emerge about the gunman in Donald Trump's assassination attempt, Northwestern University mass-shooting expert Lori Post is available to talk to media about her research, which identifies developmental typologies of mass shooters. "The fact that a grown man who lives with his mom and dad still enjoys playing dress-up like a preschooler is strange and yet a frequent occurrence amon more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 16 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: A team of lawyers from Mayer Brown and Stoel Rives LLP secured a victory for electric utility cooperative McKenzie Electric Cooperative (MEC) in an initial decision from a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) administrative law judge. The judge found that Basin Electric Power Cooperative, the nation's largest cooperative, had improperly been including significant charges associated with one of its for-profi more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 17 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that it has been shortlisted for Innovation in Productising Legal Services as part of the Financial Times 2024 Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe. McDermott's Freelancer Compliance Check, developed by the Firm's German legal tech team, is a web-based app that deploys a questionnaire adapted to a company's specific circumstance more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 17 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented an affiliate of Driftwood Capital as mezzanine lender in connection with a mezzanine loan in the principal amount of up to $19,900,000, made in conjunction with a mortgage loan in the principal amount of up to $60,400,000, for three hotels in June 2024: * Blockade Runner Beach Resort located at 275 Waynick Blvd. in Wrightsville Beach,  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 16 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented SAIGroup LLC (SAIGroup), a California-based private investment firm, in its acquisition of Get Well, a leading digital patient engagement platform which powers more than 10 million annual patient interactions at over 1,000 healthcare organizations. The McDermott team was led by Kevin J. Sullivan, Ann Marie Brodarick and included Terry  more PR

MOLINE, Illinois, July 17 -- Black Hawk College issued the following news: Black Hawk College's new head baseball coach is coming to the Braves with Division I experience both as a player and a coach. Drake Robison - a Rockford native who played one year for the University of Iowa - is a community college alum who won an NJCAA Division I National Championship as a player and has coached NCAA Division I and NJCAA Division I teams in the years since. "I am excited to have Coach Robison leading  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 17 (TNSres) -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: London - Nearly three-quarters of business leaders in the financial services sector believe that companies must embrace environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives if they are to maintain relevance in the future. However, a new survey by leading international law firm Mayer Brown reveals a widespread lack of preparedness and short-termism among financial services leaders. Although decarbonisat more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 16 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Each cell in the body has its own unique delivery system that scientists are working on harnessing to move revolutionary biological drugs molecules like proteins, RNA and combinations of the two to specific diseased parts of the body. A new study from Northwestern University hijacked the transit system and sent tiny, virus-sized containers to effectively deliver an engineered protein to its target cell an more PR