Kirkland Advises Wind Point Partners on Strategic Minority Investment by Goldman Sachs’ Petershill Partners

Kirkland & Ellis advised private equity firm Wind Point Partners in a strategic minority investment in its business by funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill platform. The transaction will provide capital and facilitate growth through the value-added services provided by Petershill. Wind Point will remain focused on opportunities to partner with family and entrepreneur owned businesses where it can leverage its multi-decade network and domain expertise within consumer products, industrial products and business services.

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The Kirkland team was led by transactional partner Michael Reeves and included investment funds partners Daniel Lavon-Krein, John Muno and Michael Snow, transactional partner John Berger, investment funds associates Steven Robles, Tarah Perkins, Kristen Hanshaw and Andrew Park, transactional associate Colleen Bazak, tax partners Don Rocap, Paul Patrow and Michael Conroy, executive compensation partner Rob Fowler, employee benefits of counsel Jack Bernstein and investment funds regulatory partner Christopher Scully.