Casey Bond

Since joining Kirkland, Casey has been involved in the following matters:

Continuation Funds

• Alpine Investors on the formation of a $3.4 billion single-asset continuation fund to acquire its portfolio company Apex Partners, in the largest-announced continuation fund transaction of 2023 and named of “2023 Secondaries Deal of the Year” in the U.S. by Private Equity International
• Gryphon Investors on the closing of a single-asset continuation vehicle for Vessco Water, a market-leading distribution and services platform in the water and wastewater treatment market
• HarbourVest as lead investor in Aquiline’s $1.1 billion multifund and multiasset continuation fund transaction
• SDC Capital Partners on a $751 million single-asset continuation fund transaction involving its digital infrastructure portfolio company SummitIG
• Vance Street Capital on a $418 million alternative liquidity transaction involving the formation of a continuation fund to acquire its portfolio company Jet Parts Engineering
• Vance Street Capital on the formation of its second single-asset continuation fund, VSC Extended Value (EV) 2, LP (EV2) – backing its portfolio company Motion Dynamics Corporation (Motion Dynamics)
• Vance Street Capital on the formation of its first single-asset continuation fund, VSC Extended Value (EV) 1, LP – backing its portfolio company Micronics Engineered Filtration Group’s acquisition of National Filter Media
• A U.S. fund-of-funds sponsor in an “end-of-life” fund recapitalization of two separate co-investment funds, including the related formation of two multi-asset continuation funds, totaling approximately $1.1 billion
• An upper middle-market U.S. private equity sponsor in the recapitalization of a portfolio company and the related formation of an approximately $700 million single-asset continuation fund

Fund Formations

• Thoma Bravo, LLC in the formation of its $24.3 billion Thoma Bravo Fund XV, $6.2 billion Thoma Bravo Discover Fund IV, and $1.8 billion Thoma Bravo Explore Fund II
• Shamrock Capital on the formation and fundraising of its third media content fund, Shamrock Capital Content Fund III, L.P. (SCCF III) for over $600 million
• STG on the closing of STG VII (and its related vehicles) with $4.2 billion of committed capital

Prior to joining Kirkland, Casey was involved in the following matters:

• Advised on corporate formations, governance and venture capital financings