Kirkland Advises IK Investment Partners on Closing of €1.85 Billion IK VIII Fund

Kirkland & Ellis advised IK Investment Partners, a leading Pan-European private equity firm, which recently closed its eighth mid-cap fund, IK VIII Fund. The fund was closed at its hard cap with aggregate capital commitments of €1.85 billion. The fund, which will make majority investments in companies with enterprise values up to €500 million in Benelux, DACH, France and the Nordics, accepted commitments from a broad mix of global institutional investors. More information on the fundraiser is available here.

The Kirkland team was led by London-based investment funds partner Christopher Braunack and associates Jeremy Leggate, Holly Clarke, Alexandra Chauvin and David Pritchett, and included London-based tax partners Jonathan Kandel and Ian Ferreira, London-based financial regulatory partner Lisa Cawley and associate Adam Skinner, and New York-based tax partner David Grenker.

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