Kirkland Advises Marlin Equity in Closing of Marlin Equity V and Marlin Heritage II

Kirkland & Ellis advised Marlin Equity, a global investment firm, in the simultaneous closing of two private equity funds which were raised on an expedited basis. Marlin’s latest flagship fund, Marlin Equity V, L.P., closed at just over $2.5 billion of capital commitments, and their latest small cap fund, Marlin Heritage II, L.P., closed at just over $750 million of capital commitments. To read more about the transactions, please click here.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Bruce Ettelson, Karin Orsic and Katie St. Peters, and associates Brian Delaney, Sam Scarcello and Laura Stake.    

Kirkland & Ellis is a global leader in providing sophisticated advice to private investment fund sponsors and select institutional investors with respect to all major alternative investment strategies. In the past three years alone, Kirkland has advised nearly 300 private investment fund sponsors, raising more than 400 funds representing in excess of $315 billion of capital commitments.