Kirkland & Ellis counseled Shore Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on lower-middle market investments, on the closing of its inaugural Healthcare Advantage Fund, second Business Services Partners Fund, and first Shore Search Partners Fund. The three funds each exceeded their targets and together represent over $1.9 billion in commitments, bringing the Firm’s assets under management to $9.1 billion. Read Shore Capital Partners’ press release The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Jeffrey Kaplan, David Stults, Michael Black, Stacia Lee, Anna Metzger, William Ballentine, Maria Fay Karras, Sean Linehan, Ben Levine, Eric Schumacher and Kendall Kilberger; investment funds regulatory lawyers Josh Westerholm and Danielle Sartain; tax lawyers Dan Meehan, Mike Conroy and Ruth Thomson; investment funds ERISA lawyers Christine Matott and Alec Bodendorfer; and financial services regulatory lawyer Adam Skinner.