Kirkland Advises Bansk Group on Close of Fund II Above Target at $1.45 Billion
Kirkland & Ellis advised Bansk Group, a consumer-focused private investment firm dedicated to building distinctive consumer brands, on the final close of its second fund, Bansk Fund II, which closed in December 2025 with $1.45 billion total commitments, exceeding its target of $1 billion. Fund II received strong participation from existing investors, as well as commitments from a diverse group of new global partners. Bansk’s inaugural fund closed at $800 million in July 2023 and is now fully deployed across seven investments. With the close of Fund II, Bansk now manages over $5 billion in assets, including co-investments.
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The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Ray Xu, Andrew Wright, Jean Joo Jeong, Josh Rabinovits, Mary Beth Houlihan, Devon Salge and Brent Gage; corporate lawyers Constantine Skarvelis and Oliver Yee; tax lawyers David Grenker, Art Ward, Tim Campany, Alan Walker and Claire Oxford; investment funds ERISA lawyer Christine Matott; investment funds regulatory lawyers Scott Moehrke and Peter Gauss; financial services regulatory lawyers Albert Weatherill and Stefan Nesic; debt finance lawyers Aditi Iyer and Tony Tsai; sustainability lawyers Dan D’Ambrosio and Lucía Soley Saborío; international trade & national security lawyers Luci Hague and Billy Phalen; and litigation lawyer Nick Niles.
