Kirkland Advises Waud Capital Partners in Raising $1.056 Billion in Commitments to Waud Capital Partners IV

Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented longtime client Waud Capital Partners in the closing of its fourth private equity fund, Waud Capital Partners IV, with $1.056 billion in total capital commitments. Waud Capital Partners IV held its final closing in February 2016 and exceeded its $750 million target for limited partner commitments. Waud Capital focuses on control-oriented growth equity investments, industry consolidations, buyouts and recapitalizations, primarily in the healthcare services and business and technology services sectors. To read more about the transaction, please click here.

Private funds partners Nicholas DiCrescenzo and Bruce Ettelson led the team, which included private funds associates Daniel McQuade, Kevin Wessel, Sam Scarcello and Jeffrey Funston, tax partner Keith Villmow, and investment management partner Josh Westerholm.

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