Evan Merritt

Associate Investment Funds

Dallas +1 214 432 4966

Evan Merritt

Practices

Overview

Evan Merritt is an investment funds associate in the Dallas office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Evan's practice focuses on representing private equity sponsors in the structuring, forming and operating of private investment funds. He also advises sponsors on a variety of secondary transactions and fund-related aspects of M&A transactions, including co-investment arrangements.

Select Secondaries

  • A leading middle-market private equity firm in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, an insurance firm, and the formation of a continuation fund capitalized by secondary market participants and reinvesting limited partners.

Select Fund Formation

  • A real estate private equity firm in the formation of a co-investment fund for its acquisition of a portfolio of real estate assets.

Select Other Transactions

  •  Braemont Capital in its growth equity investment in Vixxo Corporation, a leading provider of tech-enabled facilities maintenance services.
  • A sports-focused private equity firm in connection with an increased investment in a portfolio investment and a portfolio re-balancing across certain funds.

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • Texas

Education

  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of LawJ.D.summa cum laude

    Order of the Coif

    Articles Editor, International Law Review Association

  • United States Military Academy, West PointB.S.