Kirkland Advises Wind Point Partners on Final Close of Oversubscribed Fund XI at $3.2 Billion
Kirkland & Ellis advised Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners on the successful closing of its latest fund, Wind Point Partners XI. The fund was oversubscribed and exceeded the hard cap, with total commitments of $3.2 billion. This amount includes significant commitments by the General Partner and members of the firm’s Executive Advisor Partner program, providing strong alignment across all investors in the Fund. Fund XI represents Wind Point’s largest fund to date and its most global and diverse investor base in the firm’s 42-year history. Fund XI received commitments from more than 65 global institutions spanning 17 countries, including pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, family offices and foundations. The fundraise process was completed in under nine months.
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The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Michael Snow, Alyssa Jutovsky, Jeff Kaplan, Samantha Rose, Ari Goldman, Joshua Kravitz, Akiva Rosenberg and Cole Halpen; investment funds regulatory lawyers Nabil Sabki, Jina Yun, Hane Kim and Annie O’Keefe; tax lawyers Dan Meehan, Olesia Zakon and Lauren Lin; investment funds ERISA lawyer Christine Matott; international trade lawyers Lucille Hague and Chad Crowell; government & internal investigations lawyer Nick Niles; financial services regulatory lawyers Adam Skinner, Amar Unadkat and Mhairi Caminiti; and sustainability lawyer Rhys Davies.
