Kirkland & Ellis advised L Catterton, the largest and most global consumer-focused private equity firm, on its strategic minority equity investment in FYidoctors, the world's largest optometrist-controlled eye care company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Joshua Kogan and Carlo Zenkner and associates Lukas Richards, Marc Holloway, Elvira Li and Bonnie Kalos; debt finance partners Jason Kanner and Kathryn Leonard and associates Leah Charlesworth, Charles Kilgore, Ashley Martin and Alan Heisman; and tax partners Vin Thorn and Vivek Ratnam.