Rhett McPhie

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Overview

Rhett McPhie is an investment funds partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

Rhett advises and represents sponsors and investors in strategic transactions, including the structuring, negotiation and execution of complex business transactions in the private funds market, extending to traditional continuation vehicles, portfolio sales, structured secondaries, synthetic secondaries, stapled secondary offerings, preferred equity and fund recapitalizations as well as advising on the formation and establishment of private investment funds. Rhett’s clients have included, among others, Advent International, Avista Healthcare Partners, Blackstone Strategic Partners, Coller Capital, Commonfund Private Equity, Fengate Capital, Gemspring Capital, HarbourVest Partners, Lion Capital, Nordic Capital, One Equity Partners, Pollen Street Capital, Sun Capital, Trilantic Capital and Vista Equity Partners.

Rhett also advises on a broad range of corporate and financing transactions for sponsors and their portfolio companies, including the full spectrum of public and private corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions.

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Memberships & Affiliations

Law Institute of Victoria

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2016, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia
  • 2016, Admitted to the High Court of Australia

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Russian

Education

  • University of MelbourneLL.M.2019
    Franker Pinkerton Scholarship in Hedge Funds & Private Equity
  • Deakin UniversityBachelor of Laws(Hons.)2015
  • Deakin UniversityBachelor of Commerce2015