Eric N. Fischer

Partner Investment Funds

New York +1 212 390 4472

Eric N. Fischer

Practices

Overview

Eric N. Fischer is a private funds partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Eric's practice focuses on advising sponsors and investors in connection with single- and multi-asset continuation vehicle transactions. Eric also has experience with other forms of private fund secondaries, including limited partner tender offers and traditional portfolio sales, as well as other transactions relating to private funds and alternative asset managers, such as management spin-outs and investments in alternative asset management firms.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Eric was an associate in the New York office of another international law firm, where he predominantly represented sponsors and investors in connection with the formation of private funds and managed accounts across asset classes and strategies.

GP Representations

  • Audax Private Equity in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Aspen Surgical Products, and the formation of a continuation fund.
  • Waud Capital Partners in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Ivy Rehab Physical Therapy, and the formation of a continuation fund.
  • Wind Point Partners in the recapitalization of its Fund VIII portfolio company, STG Logistics, and the formation of a continuation fund.
  • The Carlyle Group in the spin-out of its Ireland team.*
  • The Carlyle Group in the spin-out of its Sub-Saharan Africa team.*
  • A large independent U.S. private equity sponsor in the recapitalization of a portfolio company and the formation of an approximately $1.2 billion continuation fund.
  • An upper-middle market U.S. private equity sponsor in the recapitalization of a portfolio company and the formation of an approximately $1.3 billion continuation fund.
  • A middle market U.S. private equity sponsor in the recapitalization of a portfolio company and the formation of an approximately $600 million continuation fund.
  • A middle market U.S. private equity sponsor in an approximately $330 million “end-of-life” fund recapitalization, including the formation of a continuation fund.

LP Representations

  • HarbourVest Partners as a co-lead investor in a continuation fund sponsored by Arclight Capital Partners, which acquired an interest in the 192MW Sidney Murray Hydroelectric Project.*
  • StepStone Group in its $80 million investment in a continuation fund sponsored by Qumra Capital, which acquired a strip of all portfolio assets of Qumra Capital I.*
  • The lead investor in an approximately $120 million continuation fund sponsored by a leading Israeli private equity sponsor, which acquired multiple assets from an end-of-term fund.*
  • The largest investor in a $190 million continuation fund sponsored by a middle market U.S. private equity sponsor, which acquired a single asset from one of the sponsor’s existing funds.*

*Denotes deals completed prior to joining Kirkland.

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2017New York

Education

  • Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.cum laude2016

    Dean's List, 2013–2014 & 2015–2016

    Georgetown Law Journal

    CALI Award in Bargain, Exchange, and Liability

    CALI Award in Professional Responsibility

  • Washington University in St. LouisB.A., Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies2013