Ian Ferreira

Kirkland & Ellis advised Nordic Capital, a leading European private equity investor, on the recently closed Nordic Capital Evolution Fund II. Raised within four months from launch with excess demand, the fund closed at its hard cap of EUR 2 billion and significantly exceeded its target of EUR 1.4 billion. The fund will focus on control buyouts and non-cyclical growth opportunities in Nordic Capital’s focus sectors, Healthcare, Technology & Payments, Financial Services and Services & Industrial Tech. Read Nordic Capital’s press release The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Amy Fox, Anand Damodaran, Andrea Renold, Agne Eriksson, Alex Clarke, Tom Clucas, Shivangi Agarwalla, Amr Jomaa, Alessia Muscas Henrye, Clara Lozano and Petrina Nomikou; tax lawyers David Grenker, Alex Cox, Ian Ferreira, Justin Barbosa, Keaton Bolton, Ted Meddick-Dyson, Ellen Ronayne and Natasha Haftke; financial services regulatory lawyers Thomas Woodhead, Josh Westerholm, Reed Schuster, Deirdre Haugh and Hannah Cloh; and ERISA lawyer Sabrina Glaser.

Dec 20

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Inflexion on the formation of Inflexion Enterprise Fund VI, which recently held its final closing at its £975 million hard cap. The fund was raised in less than five months and follows its successful £400 million predecessor fund. Focused on the lower mid-market, the fund follows the same successful strategy employed by Inflexion for over 25 years, backing high growth, entrepreneurial businesses with ambitious management teams and working in partnership with them to accelerate growth. Enterprise Fund VI was raised almost exclusively from Inflexion’s existing investor base of blue-chip institutions from across U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East, with investors on average more than doubling their commitment versus the previous vintage. Read Inflexion’s press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Amala Ejikeme and Richard Watkins and included associates Oliver Cutbill, Hannah Wilson, Alfie Ashton, Chanel Yusuf-Bishop and Rianna Gohil. The team also included tax partners Alexander Cox, Ian Ferreira, Lee Morlock, Loviisa Langdon and Gal Shemer and associates Ted Meddick-Dyson, Rhianna Voice and Grant Newman; investment funds partner Joshua Westerholm and associate Peter Gauss; financial services regulatory partner Prem Mohan and associate Christopher Hsu; and debt finance partners Susannah Amini and George Dyesmith.

Sep 10

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised private investment firm Arctos Partners and the management team of Hayfin in connection with Arctos’ majority investment in Hayfin, which is a leading alternative asset management firm with approximately €31 billion in assets under management. A fund managed by Arctos Partners is acquiring British Columbia Investment Management Corporation’s (BCI) majority stake in Hayfin. Financial terms were not disclosed. Arctos, via its Keystone strategy, which provides strategic partnership to leading financial sponsors, through bespoke growth capital and liquidity solutions, will facilitate the Hayfin team becoming the majority owners of the common equity. BCI will remain a strategic limited partner in certain Hayfin funds. The Kirkland team advising the Hayfin management team have advised them from the outset on a new strategic transaction and delivering the right partner for the next growth phase of the business in line with the goals of the Hayfin leadership team. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team advising Arctos was led by corporate partners Jonathan Benloulou, Carlos Gil Rivas and James Hunn and tax partner Ian Ferreira. The Kirkland team advising the Hayfin management team was led by investment funds and corporate partners Daniel Lavon-Krein, Adrian Duncan and Chris Gandia; and corporate partner Rami Totari and associate Charles Hébert.

Jul 29

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented Integral Corporation (“Integral”), a Japan-based private equity manager, in the successful closing of Integral Fund V Series, which held its final close at its hard cap of JPY 250 billion (approximately US$1.763 billion). Integral Fund V Series is the fifth buy-out fund raised by Integral, which will continue to primarily invest in buy-out opportunities in Japanese mid-market segments. Integral Fund V Series was substantially oversubscribed and received strong support from new and existing investors, including Japanese and international banks, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, pension funds, endowments and other prestigious institutional investors. The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partner Carol Liu and included investment funds partners Josh Westerholm and Michael Chu; tax partners Stephen Butler, Christopher Odell and Ian Ferreira; employee benefits partners Sabrina Glaser and Joseph Lifsics; financial services regulatory partner Adam Skinner; and international trade & national security partners Mario Mancuso and Lucille Hague.

May 23

1 min