Press Release

Kirkland Represents Sterling Investment Partners on Strategic Minority Investment from PACT Capital Partners

Kirkland & Ellis represented Sterling Investment Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm focused on the business services and distribution sectors, on its strategic minority investment from PACT Capital Partners, an independent GP stakes investment firm focused on investing in high-performing middle market alternative asset management firms.

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The Kirkland team included asset management M&A lawyers Jordan Murray, Emma Lange-Novak, Jack Rossman, Alexander Green and Garrett Cook; investment funds lawyers Laura Stake, Bryon Boyce and William Schoderbek; tax lawyers Lee Morlock, Leon Peschel and Olivia Chilcott; investment funds regulatory lawyers Nabil Sabki, Melissa Gainor and Hannah Cloh; technology & IP transactions lawyer Aaron Lorber; employment & labor lawyer Jackson Phinney; executive compensation lawyer Mike Krasnovsky; transactional liability lawyer Anna Geml; litigation lawyers Nick Niles and Mike Rusie; capital market lawyers Alborz Tolou and Sean Choi; and antitrust & competition lawyer Mike Thorpe.