Stuart Casillas

Stuart Casillas is a partner in the corporate group for Kirkland & Ellis LLP's San Francisco office. Stuart is a merger and acquisition partner focusing his practice on the representation of private equity funds and their portfolio companies. Stuart acts as lead counsel in various private equity transactions, including going-private transactions, leveraged and management buyouts, growth equity investments, divestitures, restructurings and workouts, executive compensation matters, and various senior and subordinated debt financings. Stuart has negotiated and completed transactions in a wide variety of industries, including software, manufacturing, consumer products, computer hardware, post-secondary education, food service, retail, airline, financial services, oil and gas services, and logistics. Stuart’s representative private equity clients include Vista Equity Partners, Swander Pace Capital, GI Partners, Branch Brook Holdings, Bridges Ventures, Orchard Holdings, Gryphon Investors and Industrial Growth Partners. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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Partner in the corporate group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP's San Francisco office. Merger and acquisition partner focusing on representation of private equity funds and their portfolio companies. Lead counsel in various private equity transactions, including going-private transactions, leveraged and management buyouts, growth equity investments, divestitures, restructurings and workouts, executive compensation matters, and senior and subordinated debt financings. Negotiated and completed transactions in industries including software, manufacturing, consumer products, computer hardware, post-secondary education, food service, retail, airline, financial services, oil and gas services, and logistics.

Practice areas

Mergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityCorporate Law

Office

United States

Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Stuart Casillas is a partner in the corporate group for Kirkland & Ellis LLP's San Francisco office. Stuart is a merger and acquisition partner focusing his practice on the representation of private equity funds and their portfolio companies. Stuart acts as lead counsel in various private equity transactions, including going-private transactions, leveraged and management buyouts, growth equity investments, divestitures, restructurings and workouts, executive compensation matters, and various senior and subordinated debt financings. Stuart has negotiated and completed transactions in a wide variety of industries, including software, manufacturing, consumer products, computer hardware, post-secondary education, food service, retail, airline, financial services, oil and gas services, and logistics. Stuart’s representative private equity clients include Vista Equity Partners, Swander Pace Capital, GI Partners, Branch Brook Holdings, Bridges Ventures, Orchard Holdings, Gryphon Investors and Industrial Growth Partners.

United States

Expertise

Going-Private TransactionsLeveraged BuyoutsManagement BuyoutsGrowth Equity InvestmentsDivestituresRestructurings and WorkoutsExecutive Compensation MattersSenior and Subordinated Debt Financings

Education

Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D., 1999
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) (Visiting Student, 1998-1999 academic year), Article Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal
California State University, Chico, B.A., Economics, B.S., Strategic Management, 1996