Michael J. Snow

Kirkland & Ellis advised Avesi Partners LLC, a private equity firm specializing in healthcare and business services, in the successful closing of Avesi Partners Fund II LP (Fund II) at $1.35 billion. Fund II was significantly oversubscribed, surpassing its initial target, and closed at its hard cap just several months after launching. The total includes a sizeable commitment from Avesi Partners, underscoring the Firm’s confidence and alignment with its investors. Read Avesi’s press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Michael Snow and John Muno and associates Wes Gangi, William Ballentine, Justin Frumm, Matthew Hudson and Kendall Kilberger; tax partner Mike Greenberg and associate Matthew Wahlquist; and investment funds regulatory partners Nicholas Hemmingsen and Mac Laban.

Jul 9

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented Nautic Partners, LLC, a leading middle-market private equity firm that pursues a thematic and proactive investment strategy within the healthcare, industrials and services sectors, on the formation and final closing of Nautic Partners XI (Fund XI). Fund XI was oversubscribed at its hard cap of $4.5 billion of limited partner commitments, surpassing its target of $3.75 billion. Fund XI is Nautic’s largest fund to date, receiving strong support from both long-standing and notable new institutional investors across North, Central and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Read Nautic Partners’ press release The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Michael Snow, Alyssa Jutovsky, John Muno, Reed Schuster, Liza Miadzvedskaya, Devon Salge, Hannah Cloh, Benno Sauermann, Ari Goldman, Samantha Rose and Dylan White; tax lawyers Christopher Odell, Brandon Short and Christian Ekins; and investment funds ERISA lawyer Christine Matott.

Oct 25

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented Wind Point Partners, a leading Chicago-based private equity firm, on the closing of its latest fund, Wind Point Partners X (Fund X). Fund X closed with total commitments of $2.3 billion, exceeding the Fund’s $1.7 billion target. The closing of Fund X coincides with Wind Point’s 40th anniversary and represents the firm’s largest fund to date, including a more than 50% increase to the predecessor fund. Read Wind Point’s press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Michael Snow and Alyssa Jutovsky and included investment funds partners John Muno, Nabil Sabki, Jina Yun and Nathan Jimenez and associate Collin Maenhout; and tax partners Donald Rocap and Chris Odell.

Mar 13

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Nautic Partners in a strategic minority investment in its business by funds managed by Blackstone’s GP Stakes business. Read the Nautic Partners press release The Kirkland team was led by transactional partner Michael Reeves and investment funds partners Daniel Lavon-Krein, John Muno and Michael Snow and included transactional associates Tarah Perkins and Sarah Yang, tax partners Don Rocap and Paul Patrow and associate Joe Morley, investment funds regulatory partners Aaron Schlaphoff and Reed Schuster and associate Lesha Ouyang, investment funds partners John Pennington and Noah Mullin and associates Rob Ahlander and Collin Maenhout, senior paralegal Rob Kubiszak and paralegal Susanna Zubia.

Dec 14

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Victory Park Capital, a global private credit manager, on its sale to Janus Henderson Group, a leading global active asset manager. Victory Park Capital has a nearly two decade-long track record of providing customized private credit solutions to both established and emerging businesses. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners John Berger and Pete Vaglio and associates Chao Zhang and Tyler Kuhn; investment funds partner Michael Snow; capital markets partner Pippa Bond and associates Van Whiting and Sarah Yang; tax partners Dan Meehan, Roger Lucas and Chris Odell; and investment funds regulatory partners Josh Westerholm and Michael Chu and associate Felix Jen.

Aug 13

1 min