Kirkland Counsels CIVC Partners on Fund V Closing at $400 Million, Surpassing the Target of $375 Million
Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised CIVC Partners, LP, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm, on the closing of CIVC Partners Fund V, LP, at $400 million of capital commitments from a diverse group of existing and new investors, including pension programs, university endowments, foundations, family offices, and financial institutions in the United States, Europe and Asia.
The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners John Muno, Katie St. Peters and Bruce Ettelson and associates Dave Stults and Kwangwoo Kim; tax partner Daniel Meehan; and investment management partner Corey Zarse.
Kirkland & Ellis is a global leader in providing sophisticated advice to private investment fund sponsors and select institutional investors with respect to all major alternative investment strategies. In the past three years alone, Kirkland has advised nearly 300 private investment fund sponsors, raising more than 400 funds representing in excess of $315 billion of capital commitments.
