Kirkland Advises BayHawk on Final Close of Inaugural Fund at Over $600 Million

Kirkland & Ellis advised BayHawk Capital, a Boston based private equity firm focused on investing in founder-owned technology and essential services businesses, on the final close of its inaugural fund, BayHawk Capital Fund I at $616 million in total commitments. The fund closed oversubscribed at its hard cap and above its original target of $475 million, driven by strong support from a diverse investor base of leading endowments, institutions, family offices and longstanding members of the BayHawk network.

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The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Dan McQuade, Patrick Valenti, Collin Maenhout and Brody Bushnell; corporate lawyer Reece Tack; investment funds regulatory lawyers John Reinert and Hane Kim; tax lawyers Chris Odell and Michael Thurston; and investment funds ERISA lawyer Christine Matott.