Kirkland Represents May River Capital on Closing of Fund III at $500 Million in Commitments

Kirkland & Ellis counseled May River Capital LLC, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm, on the closing of its third fund, May River Capital Fund III (“Fund III”). Fund III closed on its hard cap of $500 million in limited partner commitments, exceeding the Fund’s original target size. Fund III will continue May River Capital’s focus on investing in high quality, lower middle-market industrial businesses with excellent management teams and the potential for significant growth and value enhancement.

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The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Dave Stults and Josh Westerholm and tax partner Chris Odell, with assistance from investment funds associates Mac Laban, Stacia Lee, Savannah West, Ben Levine, Olivia Liska and Palden Flynn.