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January 23, 2026
Kirkland Advises Grafine Partners on Commitment from CAZ Investments

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- Kirkland & Ellis represented Grafine Partners, an investment management firm focused on innovative private capital strategies, in connection with an investment in Grafine by CAZ Investments, a Houston-based investment manager
- Grafine Partners was established in 2019 to serve sophisticated investors seeking new approaches to private capital investment
- The Kirkland team included partners and associates from investment funds, tax, corporate, and regulatory practices.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Grafine Partners, an investment management firm that identifies differentiated sources of alpha by investing in new firms led by experienced private equity investors, in connection with an investment in its business by CAZ Investments, a Houston-based investment manager. Grafine was formed in 2019 to meet the needs of sophisticated investors seeking new and innovative approaches to invest private capital across sectors, geographies and capital structures. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Jonathan Lipnick, John Berger, Robert Blaustein, Peter Vaglio and Charles Chen and associate Erica Sims; tax partners Stanley Ramsay and Philip Cooke and associate Ruth Thomson; corporate associate Brayton Deprey; and investments funds regulatory partner Noah Qiao and associate Tiffany Kwok.
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