Kirkland & Ellis International LLP‘s Hong Kong-based group acts on the gamut of funds work. It handles fund structuring and formation, as well as fund-related restructurings, buyouts, special situations and distressed investments. The practice’s principal advisers are Justin Dolling, who advises on major deals across the investment funds spectrum, including fund structuring and establishment, secondary transactions, restructuring, and refinancing; Carol Liu, a regular adviser on fund structuring, and liquidity and GP solutions; and Jennifer Feng, who is experienced in fundraising, fund establishment, restructuring and carried interest schemes. The team further includes Jamie Hill, who is particularly focused on private equity, credit and real assets, and secondary transactions specialist Michelle Cheh. Damian Jacobs relocated to the firm’s US offices.
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Distinctions

La satisfaction du client

Clients clés

  • Actera
  • Adamantem
  • Ares Management
  • Ark & Partners
  • BGH Capital
  • Azalea
  • Cathay Life Insurance Co
  • CBC
  • Creador
  • Edelweiss

Points forts

  • Advised Ares Management on the successful final closing of Ares SSG Capital Partners VI, securing commitments of $2.4bn in aggregate (across the fund and co-investment vehicles).
  • Advised Cathay Life Insurance Co on the sale of limited partner interests in 21 private funds (with the total amount of the portfolio valued at approximately $1.2bn).
  • Advised Forebright Capital on the successful closing of Forebright New Opportunities Fund III (with aggregate commitments of over $500m).

Avocats

Responsable de la pratique

Justin Dolling; Carol Liu; Jennifer Feng

Autres avocats clés

Jamie Hill; Michelle Cheh