Ropes & Gray Advises Ellucian, a Portfolio Company of TPG and LGP, in the Completion of its Sale to Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners

Ropes & Gray advised Ellucian, a portfolio company of TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners, in the completion of its sale to Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners. The transaction, which was announced on June 14, was completed on Sept. 15. The press release is here. 

Ellucian is a higher education technology provider. TPG is a global alternative asset firm with more than $91 billion of assets under management. Leonard Green & Partners is a private equity investment firm with more than $50 billion of assets under management. 

The Ropes & Gray team that advised Ellucian was led by private equity partner Jay Freedman (San Francisco), and included private equity associates James Davis (Chicago) and Daniel Coyne (Boston), private equity counsel James Kaplan, senior private equity counsel Alfred Rose (both of Boston), employment, executive compensation & benefits partner Matthew Jones (Chicago), debt finance partner Alexander Zeltser (New York), tax partners Benjamin Rogers (San Francisco) and Adam Greenwood (New York).