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January 23, 2026
Kirkland Advises Nautic Partners on Strategic Investment from Blackstone GP Stakes

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- Kirkland & Ellis served as legal counsel to Nautic Partners in connection with a strategic minority investment in Nautic by funds managed by Blackstone’s GP Stakes business
- The Kirkland team was led by transactional partner Michael Reeves and included partners and associates from the firm’s transactional, investment funds, tax, and regulatory practices, as well as paralegals
- The transaction was announced in a Nautic Partners press release.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Nautic Partners in a strategic minority investment in its business by funds managed by Blackstone’s GP Stakes business. Read the Nautic Partners press release The Kirkland team was led by transactional partner Michael Reeves and investment funds partners Daniel Lavon-Krein, John Muno and Michael Snow and included transactional associates Tarah Perkins and Sarah Yang, tax partners Don Rocap and Paul Patrow and associate Joe Morley, investment funds regulatory partners Aaron Schlaphoff and Reed Schuster and associate Lesha Ouyang, investment funds partners John Pennington and Noah Mullin and associates Rob Ahlander and Collin Maenhout, senior paralegal Rob Kubiszak and paralegal Susanna Zubia.
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