Kirkland Advises Leeds Equity Partners on Close of $1.9 Billion Private Equity Fund

Kirkland & Ellis advised Leeds Equity Partners on Leeds Equity Partners VIII, L.P. (together with its parallel investment vehicles, Leeds VIII), which closed with total commitments of approximately $1.9 billion. Leeds VIII exceeded its target fund size and surpassed the approximately $1.4 billion raised for its predecessor fund, Leeds VII. The successful fundraise for Leeds VIII brings the Firm's total capital commitments across its managed funds to approximately $7 billion.

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The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Jeff Kaplan, Nick Carreri, Natalie Newell and Jordyn Sindt.