Kirkland Advises Graham Partners on Strategic Minority Investment by PACT Capital

Kirkland & Ellis advised Graham Partners, a private investment firm targeting advanced manufacturing and technology-enabled services, on its strategic partnership with PACT Capital Partners (“PACT”) in which PACT made a passive, non-voting, minority balance sheet investment in the firm. The balance sheet investment provided by PACT will infuse long-term capital for growth into the firm, enabling its investment team members to significantly increase their investments in the Graham Partners funds and their stake in the firm. This was an all-primary transaction; there was no secondary sale of interests in connection with this investment.

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The team included corporate lawyers John Berger, Peter Vaglio, Josh Morgan and Claire Mitzner; tax lawyers Rodney Hill, Lee Morlock and Michael Thurston; and investment funds lawyers Kevin Lam, Max Reibman, Deanna Schreiber and Scott Kingsbury.