Overview

Mark Boyagi is a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Mark is a leader in the Firm’s industry-renowned Liquidity Solutions team, which is ranked Band 1 in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA. Mark's practice focuses on advising sponsors and lead investors in connection with complex business transactions in the private funds secondary market, including continuation fund transactions, portfolio sales, structured secondaries, stapled secondaries, preferred equity arrangements, fund recapitalizations, strip-sales, tender offers and other liquidity solutions. He also frequently advises sponsors on the formation of private investment funds, co-investment programs, strategic partnerships and separately managed accounts, covering all major alternative investment strategies, as well as firm-level arrangements, succession planning and regulatory matters. Mark also has extensive experience advising sponsors on the development and implementation of capital efficient structures for insurance company investors. He was most recently recognized by Law360 as a 2024 Rising Star in Fund Formation, and in 2022 & 2023 by The Legal 500 U.S. for Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital).

Mark is well-known across the market for frequently advising on the largest and most complex continuation vehicle transactions in the world. Since January 2023, Mark has advised on more than 40 secondaries transactions (closed or in process) exceeding $55 billion in total transaction value.

Representative Clients

ABRY, Alpine Investors, Arcline, Atlantic Street, Bain Capital, Berskire Partners, Blue Owl, Blackstone, Charlesbank, Centerbridge Partners, HarbourVest Partners, Harvest Partners, Hildred Capital Partners, JMI Management, KKR, L Catterton, LSV Advisors, Macquarie Asset Management, ONCAP, Onex Partners, Quantum Capital Group, Riverstone, Seidler Equity Partners, Silver Lake, Strategic Value Partners, TPG, Trilantic Capital Partners, Vance Street, Warburg Pincus and Wind Point Partners.

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Thought Leadership

Speaking Engagements

Moderator, “Are continuation funds on the path to continual growth?” PEI Nexus, March 2024

Moderator, “A Sponsor’s Perspective on GP-Leds,” Kirkland & Ellis Liquidity Solutions Summit, October 2023

Publications

Quoted, “Private Equity’s ‘Fourth Exit’ Crimped by SEC Plan, Lawyers Say,” Bloomberg Law, May 2023

Quoted, “Multi-fund, multi-asset GP-leds see growing interest,” Secondaries Investor, March 2023

Quoted, “In It for the Long Haul: Continuation Funds on the Rise,” Middle Market Growth, January 2023

Recognition

Recognized by Law360 as a “Rising Star” in Fund Formation, 2024

Recognized in Legal 500 U.S. for Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital), 2022–2023

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • New York

Education

  • University of New South Wales Faculty of LawBachelor of Lawswith Honors
  • University of New South WalesB.Com.with Distinction