Kirkland & Ellis counseled Comvest Partners, an operationally focused middle-market private investment firm, on the launch of a structured capital investment platform, Comvest Special Opportunities, and the close of the platform’s debut fund, Comvest Special Opportunities Fund, L.P., with $252 million in capital commitments. Read Comvest’s press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partner Nicholas DiCrescenzo and associate Jonathan Palmer, and included investment funds partner Chris Kallos; investment funds regulatory partner Michael Chu; and tax partners Dan Meehan and Paul Patrow.