01/16/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/16/2026 10:05
Kirkland & Ellis advised Vista Equity Partners on a strategic investment alongside Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, in StarRez, a global leader in on-and-off-campus student housing software. Vista first invested in StarRez in 2022 and will continue to support the company as it expands operations globally and builds on a multi-year record of innovation. StarRez provides mission-critical solutions that enable 1,100+ higher education institutions and 2,000+ property managers worldwide to automate operations, centralize data insights, and drive resident engagement to enhance their experience.
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The Kirkland team include corporate lawyers Christian Atwood, Mark Keohane, Veronica Shen and Katie Heffernan; debt finance lawyers Andrea Weintraub and Sonali Jindal; tax lawyers Heidi Yuen and Allison Bray; and technology IP and transaction lawyers John Lynn, Emma Flett, Alex Barata and Reed Patterson.