Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Founded nearly 100 years ago, Kirkland & Ellis LLP has been called upon to handle innumerable complicated investment, corporate, tax, intellectual property, litigation and counseling matters for major national and international clients. Kirkland & Ellis LLP has one of the world's premier private equity practices as evidenced by its selection as the "International Private Equity Law Firm of the Year" by Chambers Global. The firm's private equity group provides a comprehensive array of services to dozens of private equity investors ranging from fund formation and general partner arrangements to leveraged buyout and venture capital investment advice. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is known for its service-focused approach, tailoring teams to cater to the special needs of each client, and its ability to structure, negotiate and close highly sophisticated transactions, representing public and private companies and venture capital investors in mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, spin-offs, split-offs, and every type of private equity transaction. During the last few years, the Kirkland & Ellis LLP private equity practice has represented private equity investors in hundreds of investment transactions and has been involved in over $70 billion in fund formations.
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Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, understands the business issues that are important to senior executives. With extensive business knowledge and hands-on industry experience, Ernst & Young can implement a broad array of solutions to help companies capture growth, improve financial performance and manage risk. Ernst & Young serves as a trusted business advisor offering audit, tax, corporate finance, transaction support and transition services to many of today's leading global corporations and emerging growth companies. Ernst & Young has also developed the Venture Capital Advisory Group (VCAG) which is globally organized to provide creative solutions for the challenges faced by the venture capital community. By leveraging Ernst & Young's experience and resources, the VCAG acts as a trusted business advisor to accelerate growth and enhance value creation. Specialized offerings include the Talent Bank, the Deal Bank, Company Coaching Sessions, and the publication of thought leadership materials on issues affecting the venture capital community.
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Gerson Lehrman Group
Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) provides systems to manage expert networks.
GLG's services and web-based software help the world's leading financial services firms, corporations, consultancies, and not-for-profit institutions find, engage, and manage their proprietary expert networks, by tapping the global associations of the GLG Councils.
More than 150,000 subject-matter experts of the GLG Councils deepen clients' understanding of critical issues through a wide range of consulting methods, including telephone consultations, expert surveys, and educational meetings.
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Alix Partners
AlixPartners is a global restructuring, consulting, and financial advisory firm that helps its large and middle-market corporate clients achieve improved outcomes when it really matters. The AlixPartners’ “one-stop-shop” suite of services range from operational performance improvement and financial restructuring across all major corporate disciplines (manufacturing, supply chain, IT, and sales and marketing), to financial advisory services (financial reporting, corporate governance and investigations, and litigation consulting), to technology-enabled claims management. Headquartered in Michigan, the firm has more than 700 employees in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Düsseldorf, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
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Lockton Companies, LLC
Lockton is the world’s largest, privately owned, independent insurance broker. With more than 3,800 people, Lockton delivers seamless service to companies of all sizes as well as to individual clients. The company was founded by Jack Lockton in Kansas City, Missouri, USA in 1966. From his modest, home-based insurance agency, Lockton has grown to become the 10th largest insurance brokerage firm in the world.
The Lockton Private Equity and Corporate Acquisitions Practice (PECAP®) team works with client organizations to identify and provide protection against the exposures often encountered with acquisitions and other transactions. From pre-closing evaluation to post-close exit strategies, Lockton’s PECAP specialists provide solutions aimed at controlling management expenses, improving earnings, and delivering a higher return on the investment.
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Corporate Resolutions Inc.
Corporate Resolutions, Inc. conducts background checks, corporate investigations and business intelligence for the private equity community, hedge funds, underwriters, law firms, lenders and others.  Since 1991, Corporate Resolutions, Inc. has specialized in background checks and portfolio company investigations in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin/South America. The portfolio company investigations seek to resolve internal problems at portfolio companies, such as fraud/misconduct; theft of intellectual property; and receipt of a threatening and/or anonymous correspondence.  The firm is well known for its reliable, intelligent team of analysts who conduct comprehensive research and analysis.  Corporate Resolutions Inc. is staffed with former federal agents, forensic experts and white-collar investigators. Corporate Resolutions offers a variety of specialized services such as implementing an Ethics Hotline for portfolio companies, conducting I9 reviews, Anti-Money Laundering programs and FCPA investigations. Headquartered in New York, Corporate Resolutions has offices in Miami, Boston, London and, in October 2008, Hong Kong.  Corporate Resolutions, Inc. employs a dynamic team that is always focused on the needs of the clients and caters each assignment to the needs of the situation.  The company was founded by Ken Springer, a former Special Agent with the FBI.
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