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Mergers & Acquisitions

Apr. 22, 2015

Kirkland guides $1.9B sale of cybersecurity firm to Raytheon

In the second billion-dollar acquisition of a cybersecurity company by a private equity firm in as many months, defense contractor Raytheon Co. agreed to buy San Diego-based network security provider Websense Inc. in a deal announced Mond


By Jason Pafundi


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In the second billion-dollar acquisition of a cybersecurity company by a private equity firm in as many months, defense contractor Raytheon Co. agreed to buy San Diego-based network security provider Websense Inc. for $1.9 billion in a deal announced Monday.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Websense, a portfolio company of longtime Kirkland client Vista Equity Partners.


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