Kirkland Represents Blue Owl on Closing Strategic Equity and Secondaries Strategy at $3 Billion

Kirkland & Ellis advised Blue Owl Capital Inc. on its inaugural strategic equity and secondaries strategy, Blue Owl Strategic Equity, at over $3 billion in total commitments. Blue Owl’s strategy provides long‑term capital solutions to private equity sponsors seeking to extend ownership in their strongest portfolio companies through continuation vehicles and other minority equity transactions.

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The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Stephanie Berdik, Rob Blaustein, Sara Allawi, Jonathan Hoffman, Nick Lopez, Juan Olavarria, Caroline Shoopman, Ashley Garcia, Brad Green, Lisa Nosal, Nicole Runyan, Zachary Scott Roemer and Nick Tarnowski; investment funds regulatory lawyer Melissa Gainor; sustainability lawyer Mary Beth Houlihan; tax lawyers Meredith Levy and Joe Riddle; and investment funds ERISA lawyer Christine Matott.