Meredith Levy, P.C.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Owl Rock Capital Group in its business combination agreement with Dyal Capital Partners and Altimar Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, to form Blue Owl Capital Inc., an alternative asset management firm 
• Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, LP in its joint venture with affiliates of Ascendant Capital Partners to invest in Watermark Lodging Trust, Inc. 
• Le Tote Inc. in its acquisition of Lord + Taylor
• Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. in its acquisition of Alcentra Capital Corporation
• Brentwood Associates in its acquisition of MD Now Medical Centers
• Clearlake Capital Group in the sale of passive, minority stakes to both Dyal Capital Partners, a division of Neuberger Berman, and Petershill, a division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Duff & Phelps in its acquisition of Kroll
• Blackstone in its investment in Rockpoint Group
• Blackstone in its acquisition of Cloverleaf Cold Storage
• Duff & Phelps, the premier global valuation and corporate finance advisor, in its $1.75 billion sale to Permira
• Advent International in its acquisition of CCC Information Services Inc.
• Brentwood Associates in its acquisition of Jefferson Dental Care from Black Canyon Capital

Private Fund Formation

• Ariel Alternatives in its $1.45 billion closing of the “Project Black” fund, the first private equity initiative of Ariel Investments, that seeks to invest in middle-market companies that may not currently be minority-owned, as well as existing Black- or Latino/a-owned businesses
• Oaktree Capital Management in the formation of Oaktree Opportunities Fund XI, a $15.9 billion fund, known as the largest distressed debt fund ever raised in the market and Oaktree’s largest fund in history 
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management in the formation of its $1.06 billion Lynstone Special Situations Fund 
• Arsenal Capital Partners in the formation of its $2.36 billion Arsenal Capital Fund V LP
• TPG in the formation of TPG Real Estate Partners III, L.P.
• Ares in the formation of Ares Capital Europe IV, L.P.
• Warburg Pincus in the formation of Warburg Pincus Financial Sector, L.P.
• Littlejohn & Co. in the formation of Littlejohn Fund VI, L.P.
• FFL Capital Partners V, a $917 million middle market buyout fund

Prior to joining Kirkland, Meredith’s representative matters included:

• Global private equity firm in the formation of $11 billion private equity fund

• Private equity firm in the formation of growth equity funds focused on software, software-enabled services, and Internet businesses

• Global asset management firm in the formation distressed debt funds

• Growth-oriented private equity firm in the formation of inaugural private equity fund

• Distressed debt firm in the formation of credit opportunity funds

• Energy-focused investment firm in formation of private energy funds

• ILS fund manager in raising capital for various ILS funds