Latham & Watkins Represents KKR in Strategic Investment in XOi

XOi, a leading provider of jobsite-focused technology solutions for the field service ecosystem, has announced the acquisition of Specifx, an on-demand data enrichment and metadata retrieval platform for field service equipment. The acquisition was enabled by an investment from funds managed by leading global investment firm KKR. The funding from KKR marks the most significant milestone yet in XOi’s journey to build out its system of work for the field service ecosystem.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents KKR in the transaction with a corporate team led by Boston partners Ryan McCarthy, John Miller, and Elizabeth Slawsby, with associates Jenn Boyd and Sydney France. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Bay Area partner Katherine Moir, with associate Gregory Conyers; on benefits matters by Boston partner Josh Friedman, with associate Rebecca Fishbein; on labor and employment matters by New York counsel Sandy Benjamin, with associate Jocelyn Wexler; on data and technology matters by Boston partner Sarah Gagan, with associates Deborah Hinck, Victoria Allen, and Daniel Barks; on data privacy matters by Houston/Austin counsel Robert Brown, with associate Priyanka Krishnamurthy; on antitrust matters by Washington D.C. partners Ian Conner and Patrick English, London partner Jonathan Parker, and Washington, D.C. counsel Britton Davis; on finance matters by Washington D.C. partners Manu Gayatrinath and Jennifer Kent; and on representations and warranties insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Drew Levin and San Diego/Los Angeles counsel Hannah Cary, with associate Sammy Camy.