Eric N. Fischer, P.C.

GP Representations

• Align Capital Partners in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, E Source, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• Alpine Investors in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Apex Service Partners, and the related formation of an approximately $3 billion single-asset continuation fund. This transaction was awarded 2023’s “Secondaries Deal of the Year in the Americas” by Private Equity International.
• Aterian Investment Partners in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Vander-Bend Manufacturing, and the related formation of a $460 million single-asset continuation fund.
• Audax in multiple continuation fund transactions, including the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Aspen Surgical Products, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• Bain Capital in multiple continuation fund transactions.
• Bansk Group in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, and the related formation of a $1.4 billion single-asset continuation fund.
• BPOC in the “end-of-life” fund recapitalization of BPOC Fund IV, and the related formation of an approximately $425 million multi-asset continuation fund.
• Gemspring Capital Partners in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Shrieve Chemical, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• Incline Equity Partners in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Accredited Labs, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• Kinderhook Industries in the “end-of-life” fund recapitalization of Kinderhook Capital Fund IV and Kinderhook Capital Fund V, and the related formation of an approximately $1.3 billion multi-asset continuation fund.
• L Catterton in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, PatientPoint, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• New Harbor Capital in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, LGM Pharma, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• SDC Capital Partners on a $751 million single-asset continuation fund transaction involving its digital infrastructure portfolio company SummitIG.
• Silver Lake in the formation of a continuation fund as part of its take-private of Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EDR). This transaction was awarded 2025’s “Secondaries Deal of the Year in the Americas” by Private Equity International.
• Silver Oak Services Partners in multiple continuation fund transactions, including the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Smile Partners USA, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• Thompson Street Capital Partners in multiple continuation fund transactions, including the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Gurobi Optimization, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• Tyree & D’Angelo Partners in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Western Veterinary Partners, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• Vestar Capital partners in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Circana, and the related formation of a $1.2 billion single-asset continuation fund.
• Waud Capital Partners in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, Ivy Rehab Physical Therapy, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund.
• Wind Point Partners in the recapitalization of its Fund VIII portfolio company, STG Logistics, and the related formation of a single-asset 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.*

LP Representations

• North Hudson Resource Partners and EOC Partners as lead investors in a continuation fund sponsored by Five Point Infrastructure, which acquired an interest in San Mateo Midstream.
• 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 $210 million continuation fund sponsored by a leading growth equity sponsor, which acquired a single asset held by several of the sponsor’s existing funds.
• 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.