Andrew J. Gershon, P.C.

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

• American National, a multiline U.S. insurer, in its sale of a $1.6 billion senior direct lending portfolio to Coller Capital in a credit secondaries transaction.
• Coller Capital as lead investor in the formation of Abry Partners’ $1.6 billion continuation fund, AbryAdvanced Securities Fund III.
• MetLife Investment Management in a $1.2 billion managed secondary transaction, including a $975 million portfolio disposition of MetLife affiliate assets to its newly raised fund, MetLife Investment Private Equity Partners II.
• Aflac Global Investments in its acquisition of a minority interest in Tree Line.
• StepStone Group as lead investor in MLC Private Equity’s $762 million fund closing.
• Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in its sale of World 50 and its related subsidiary companies to a single asset GP-led continuation fund investment vehicle managed by an affiliate of MSCP.
• Hamilton Lane as a co-lead investor in a single-asset secondary transaction completed by Vance Street Capital LLC, to extend Vance Street’s partnership with Jet Parts Engineering.
• Hamilton Lane as lead investor in the formation of MiddleGround Capital’s $440 million MiddleGround Carbon CV, L.P. fund.
• TPG GP Solutions as an investor, alongside Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Blackstone Strategic Partners and Portfolio Advisors, in Calera Capital Image Holdings, L.P., a $750 million single-asset continuation fund raised in connection with the sale of ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, a provider of linen, laundry, and safety and hygiene services for the healthcare industry.
• StepStone Group as lead investor in a $500 million single-asset continuation vehicle sponsored by WindRose Health Investors, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, to support the expansion of Healthmap Solutions, a population health management company focused on kidney disease.
• TPG as lead investor in a single-asset continuation fund sponsored by North Castle Partners to acquire CR Fitness, a Crunch Fitness franchisee, from North Castle Partners VII.
• StepStone Group as co-lead investor, alongside Schroders Capital, in a $618 million continuation fund organized by Trinity Hunt Partners to support the acquisitions of Argano and Improving, two technology services companies, from Trinity Hunt Partners V, L.P.
• Tikehau Capital in its $300 million inaugural collateralized fund obligation.
• Zenyth Partners in the formation of a continuation fund, backed primarily by Blackrock and Manulife Asset Management, that purchased minority stakes in three healthcare companies from Zenyth Partners, LP, a 2018 vintage permanent capital vehicle.
• KKR in the establishment of a newly-created $2 billion continuation vehicle to which a portion of its investment in Internet Brands was sold, in a transaction valuing the company at $12 billion. The deal won “Secondaries Deal of the Year” in the Americas in Private Equity International’s annual awards.
• The lead investor in a single-asset continuation fund deal valued at nearly $1.75 billion, sponsored by Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners, to support the growth of Eversana, a life science services platform.
• J.F. Lehman & Company in a single-asset continuation fund, allowing the firm to maintain its ownership of NorthStar Group in partnership with management.
• Global Atlantic, a retirement and life insurance company, in its recapitalization of Drawbridge Realty’s $1.7 billion portfolio of office properties.
• Elliott as lead investor in the $450 million restructuring of Olympus Capital Asia’s third fund.

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