Kirkland & Ellis advised Accel-KKR, a global technology-focused investment firm, in connection with ECRI's spinout of its Spend Management and Recall Management solutions business as an independent company, Staritas. Backed by Accel-KKR, Staritas will continue to build on its pioneering leadership in healthcare supply chain intelligence.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Shelly Hirschtritt, John Wilkes, Jacob Reichman and Ryan Kidman; tax lawyers Devin Heckman and Shiyu Ni; technology & IP transactions lawyers Matt Darch, James Delacenserie and Ben Kovach; real estate lawyers Rob Miceli and Adam Amdur; employee benefits lawyers Jack Bernstein and Mackenzie Packard; executive compensation Karsten Busby, Kristen Tyler and Anthony Aliantro; employment & labor lawyers Anusheh Khoshsima and Erin Davey; international trade & national security lawyers Justin Schenck, Ellie Bacon and Chad Crowell; debt finance lawyers Paul Rezvani, Evan Rocher, Caitlin Bouey, Frank Perez and Eli Andrew Weathers; antitrust & competition lawyers Matthew Wheatley, Andrea Murino, Donna Peel and Philipp Gnatzy; healthcare lawyers Dennis Williams, Micah Desaire and Cooper Barghols; and government contracts lawyers Robert Ryland and Chris Huff.