Kirkland Advises Dawson Partners on Final Closing of GP Finance 2 at $750 Million Hard Cap
Kirkland & Ellis advised Dawson Partners, a global alternative asset manager focused on providing structured solutions to private markets, on the fundraise and final closing of Dawson GP Finance 2 LP (GPF2) at its hard cap of $750 million, significantly exceeding its initial $500 million target. In total, GPF2, together with affiliated vehicles, raised $840 million in capital commitments. GPF2 received strong support from a broad base of investors, including public and corporate pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, amongst other financial institutions, and positions Dawson to continue to capitalize on what it sees as a significant and growing opportunity in the GP financing market.
The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Nadia Murad, Nicholas Styles, Sean Hill, Nicole Washington, Erica Sims, Nicole Jodan, Zachary Scott Roemer, Natasha Paget, Julia Deng, Kasondra West, Josh Proud, Sabrina Chartrand, Camille Mott, Nicole Runyan, Gianna Nale, Alicia Nakhjavan, Paul Zier, Madelyn Fife and Victoria Hay; investment funds regulatory lawyers Lena Yoon, Jennifer Kim-Gagne, Melissa Gainor, Jasmina Resic and Xiao-Hong Jing; investment funds ERISA lawyer Sabrina Glaser; financial services regulatory lawyers Vilian Mladenov, Tom Woodhead and Najma Ahmad; litigation lawyer Nick Niles; sustainability lawyers Dan D’Ambrosio and Mary Beth Houlihan; tax lawyers Lee Morlock and Christian Ekins; and technology & IP transactions lawyers Jenny Wilson, Stephen Coudounaris, Emma Flett and Luke Vaz.
