Kirkland Advises Coller Capital on Combination with EQT
Kirkland & Ellis is advising Coller Capital, a global secondaries firm with nearly $50 billion in total assets under management, on its combination with EQT AB, a global private equity firm. The transaction values Coller Capital at $3.2 billion on a cash and debt free basis, with up to $500 million in contingent consideration. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and is expected to close in Q3 2026.
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The Kirkland team included asset management M&A lawyers Emma Lange-Novak, Jordan Murray, Andrew Reilly, Jack Rossman, Christopher Simpson and Rob Blagov; corporate lawyers Dipak Bhundia, Jelani Okoruwa and Angie Ertel; investment funds lawyers Amy Fox and Vincent Herjean; capital markets lawyer Alborz Tolou; debt finance lawyer Andrew Husdan; tax lawyers Ceinwen Rees, Lee Morlock, Siv Devakumar, Gal Shemer, Anthony Antioch, Beatriz Capeloa Gil and Ted Snell-Dyson; and financial services regulatory lawyers Tom Woodhead, Dan Fallon and Seraphina Chew.
