Kirkland & Ellis represented Vision Ridge Partners, a sustainable real assets investor, on the successful close of Sustainable Asset Fund IV (SAF IV), which between the Fund and related vehicles, raised approximately $2.4 billion of capital commitments, marking Vision Ridge’s largest fundraise to date. The Fund focuses on Vision Ridge’s mission of combating climate change while delivering strong financial returns by targeting investments across the energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors. The close of SAF IV follows the $1.25 billion close of SAF III in April 2021 and $700 million close of SAF Annex Fund in January 2023. Read Vision Ridge’s press release The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Susan Eisenberg, Daniel Lavon-Krein, Juliet Anderson, Susan Czaikowski, Anna Baxendale, Andrew Juergens, Carson Hunt, Ally Relat and Heath Stephenson; tax lawyers Steve Butler, Leah Patrick and Tex Adkins; investment funds regulatory lawyers Alpa Patel, Jennifer Kim-Gagne and Xiao-Hong Jing; sustainability lawyers Paul Barker and Dan D’Ambrosio; financial services regulatory lawyers Tom Woodhead and Olivia Bolton; investment funds ERISA lawyer Sabrina Glaser; and litigation lawyer Nick Niles.