Kirkland & Ellis advised Morphe Holdings, a global beauty company, in its partnership with General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, in which General Atlantic has acquired a majority stake in the company. Owners Summit Partners, L.P. and co-founders Linda and Chris Tawil will retain minority ownership positions.  General Atlantic will partner with Morphe’s management to lead the company’s next phase of growth. Read the General Atlantic press release

The Kirkland team was led by transactional partner Brian Van Klompenberg; tax partner Mike Carew; transactional partners Matthew Cohn and Amanda Border, and associates Kevin Stocks and Lilliana Lin; and tax associate Christine Lehman.