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06/22/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/22/2026 09:15

Kirkland Advises Finastra on Sale of Universal Banking to Pollen Street Capital

Kirkland & Ellis advised Finastra, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company, on the carve-out sale of its global core banking software business, Universal Banking, to Pollen Street Capital. The transaction remains subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Read Finastra's press release

The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Jacob Traff, Stuart Boyd, Ben Hai, Steven Hunter, Michael Dunton and Benjamin Whidborne; technology & IP transactions lawyers Emma Flett, Max Harris and Calum Parfitt; and tax lawyers Mavnick Nerwal, Katie Price, Tomas McGrath, Abigail Curry, Guntash Gill, Bryan Leighton and Quentin Lypick.

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