Press Release

Kirkland Advises One Equity Partners on Close of $3.25 Billion Fund IX

Kirkland & Ellis advised private equity firm One Equity Partners on the completion of fundraising for its ninth and largest fund to date, One Equity Partners IX, L.P., at $3.25 billion of committed capital. The fund had a $2.75 billion target and a $3.25 billion hard cap. OEP IX’s closing increases the firm’s combined assets under management to approximately $16 billion.

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The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Seth Fishman, Sam Scarcello, Jeffrey Kaplan, Shannon Thompson, Mary Kwan, Matt Nabavian, Nicole Enciso, Heaven Chandler, Sean Linehan, Kendall Kilberger and Jessica Black; investment funds regulatory lawyers Alpa Patel and Danielle Sartain; tax lawyers Elie Zolty, Chris Odell, Katherine Karnosh, Art Ward, Frankie Beetham and Ellen Ronayne; investment funds ERISA lawyers Sabrina Glaser and Joseph Lifsics; financial services regulatory lawyer Dan Fallon; sustainability lawyers Mary Beth Houlihan and Menaka Nayar; and international trade & national security lawyer Luci Hague.