Chris P. Kallos, P.C.

Kirkland & Ellis represented AEA Investors LP, a leading alternative investment manager specializing in middle market private equity, growth capital and debt investments, on successfully closing its fifth Small Business Private Equity Fund, AEA Investors SBF V, with more than $1.3 billion in total equity commitments. The oversubscribed fund received strong support from both new and existing investors comprising a broad range of leading global institutions. Read AEA’s press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Matt Nadworny, Kevin Wessel, Samara Sanderson and Chris Kallos and associate Alexander Lazar; and tax partners Don Rocap, Miles Johnson and Steve Cantor.

Oct 5

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented Comvest Partners, a leading middle-market private equity and credit investment firm, on the final close of its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI, L.P. (CIP VI), with total capital commitments of $881 million. CIP VI received commitments from a diverse global investor group that includes foundations, insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers, consultants and family offices. Read Comvest Credit Partners’ press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Nicholas DiCrescenzo and Chris Kallos and associate Jonathan Palmer; and tax partners Dan Meehan and Philip Cooke; and included investment funds partners Michael Chu, Christine Matott and Prem Mohan and associate Jordan Keeton; and tax associate Tim Löper.

Mar 19

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis counseled AEA-Bridges Impact Corp. (ABIC) (NYSE: IMPX), a special purpose acquisition company with a dedicated sustainability focus, sponsored by executives of AEA Investors and Bridges Fund Management, on its business combination under which LiveWire EV, LLC, Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle division, combined with ABIC, to create a new public company. The business combination was officially approved at an extraordinary general meeting by ABIC stockholders on September 16, 2022. Upon completion of the business combination, the combined public company will operate as LiveWire Group, Inc. (“LiveWire”) and its common stock and warrants will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “LVWR” and “LVWR WS,” respectively today, on September 27, 2022. Through this combination, LiveWire will become the first and only EV motorcycle company in the U.S. to list on the NYSE. Read Harley-Davidson and ABIC’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Joshua Kogan and Melissa Kalka; capital markets partners Christian Nagler and Wayne Williams and associate Anthony Zangrillo; tax partners Sara Zablotney and Damien Rose; technology & IP transactions partners Matthew Lovell and Matt Darch; investment funds partners Chris Kallos, Matt Nadworny and Kevin Wessel; executive compensation partner Stephen Jacobson; employment & labor partner R.D. Kohut; and employee benefits partner Matthew Antinossi.

Sep 27

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Valor Equity Partners, an operational growth-focused private equity investment firm with $17.5 billion in assets under management, on the final closing of its flagship fund, Valor Equity Partners VI (Fund VI). Fund VI was substantially oversubscribed, closing on $2.35 billion in commitments as compared to the Fund’s $2 billion target, with strong support from existing and new limited partners. Concurrent with the Fund VI fundraise, Valor also received over $1 billion in new commitments for other Valor managed funds, including Valor Siren Ventures II, a venture fund strategy and the Valor Opportunity Fund, a later stage growth fund, bringing total new commitments during the period to $3.4 billion. Read Valor’s press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Chris Kallos and Adam Parks and associates Angelika Pouliezos, Patrick Green, Charlie Gandelman, Olivia Liska and Ross Greenspan; and included investment funds partner Scott Moehrke; tax partners Dan Meehan and Mike Conroy; and ERISA partner Sabrina Glaser.

Aug 8

1 min