Kirkland & Ellis advised Highland Europe on the close of its fifth fund, raising €1 billion to double-down on its strategy of backing European founder-led teams in software and internet businesses. Read the Highland Europe press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Aisling Campbell, Jeremy Leggate, Richard Watkins and Josh Westerholm and associates Aaron Stalley, Charles Chang Chin Ter and Marisa Stern; tax partners Daniel Meehan, Philip Cooke and Rebecca Hill and associates Kunal Nathwani, Bojana Ilic and Rikesh Gandhi; financial services regulatory partner Prem Mohan and Zach Milloy; and ESG & impact partner Daniel D’Ambrosio.