August Sangese, P.C.

Kirkland advised I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investment manager, on the successful final close of ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund III at the $15 billion legal cap, exceeding an initial target of $12 billion. I Squared Capital received commitments from over 200 institutional investors, including public and private pensions, sovereign funds, insurance companies, asset managers and family offices in 27 countries. Read the I Squared Capital press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Erica Berthou, Bryan McGee and August Sangese.

Apr 7

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented Brightstar Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm focused on partnering with families, founders and entrepreneurs, on the acquisition of a non-control, minority equity stake in its business by Claure Group, a multi-billion-dollar global investment firm spanning multiple high growth sectors including tech, media, crypto, sports, real estate and others. Read Brightstar Capital Partners' press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Jordan Murray, Emma Lange-Novak, August Sangese and Saif Shah Mohammed and included corporate partner Michael Weisser and associate Eric Zhi; tax partners Stan Ramsay and Philip Cooke and associate Natalie Kannan; and debt finance partner Aditi Iyer and associate Sumner Fontaine.

May 15

1 min

Paul, Weiss represented Declaration Partners in its minority equity investment in Peaceable Street Capital. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Declaration Partners is an investment firm backed by the family office of David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group. Peaceable Street Capital is a specialty finance company that provides preferred equity capital for small and mid-sized income-producing real estate in North America. The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partners Udi Grofman and Ted Ackerman and counsel Philip Heimowitz and August Sangese.

Oct 29

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised TowerBrook Capital Partners on its investment in Anthropic, a market leader in enterprise AI and coding. TowerBrook was a significant investor in Anthropic’s $30 billion Series G funding round, which valued Anthropic at $380 billion post-money. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers August Sangese, Jordan Murray, Yong-Nam Jun and Elvan Yolcu; corporate lawyers Leo Greenberg, Alan Heisman, Jaime Travers-Fein and Sophie Abrams; and tax lawyers Jared Rusman, Stanley Ramsay, Michael Alcan and Ali Godoy.

Feb 17

1 min

Paul, Weiss represented By Light Professional IT Services LLC, a portfolio company of our client Sagewind Capital LLC, in its acquisition of Metova Federal, LLC. Metova Federal is a leading provider of tailored cyber training solutions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Paul, Weiss team included, among others, corporate partners Ted Ackerman, Eric Goodison, Amran Hussein and Robert Zochowski and counsel August Sangese; tax partner Scott Sontag; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon; real estate partner Peter Fisch; international trade counsel Richard Elliott; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.

May 17

1 min