Kirkland & Ellis advised Bain Capital Real Estate on the fundraising and closing of Bain Capital Real Estate Fund III, with approximately $3.4 billion in total commitments, as well as Bain Capital’s recent $1.6 billion capital raise alongside 11North Partners, which will invest through their co-owned, open-air, necessity-based retail operating platform. Together, these raises, along with additional co-investments, represent more than $5 billion of investible capital across Bain Capital Real Estate strategies. Read Bain Capital’s press release The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Brett Saltzman, Kyle Garry, Erica Berthou and Kelly Ryan; tax lawyers Mike Beinus and Justin Barbosa; and investment funds regulatory lawyer Alpa Patel.