Press Release

Kirkland Advises Livingbridge on Closing of £1.25B Livingbridge 7

Kirkland & Ellis advised Livingbridge, a leading growth-focused private equity firm, which recently closed its seventh flagship fund, Livingbridge 7. The fund was closed with aggregate capital commitments of £1.25 billion, nearly double the size of its predecessor fund Livingbridge 6. The fund, which will make investments in high-growth businesses primarily in the UK, accepted commitments from a broad mix of global institutional investors.

The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Sophie Smith, Jeremy Leggate and Christopher Braunack and associates Lorenza Prelz, Hannah Wilson, Aaron Stalley and Natalie Healy, and included tax partners Rebecca Hill and Marguerite Lombardo, associate Art Ward and financial services regulatory partners Prem Mohan and Christopher Scully.