Kirkland & Ellis advised growth equity investment firm FTV Capital on the successful close of both FTV VIII, L.P., the firm’s latest flagship fund and FTV Ascend I, L.P., a new vehicle dedicated to smaller investments. Each fund oversubscribed with FTV VIII closing with total commitments of $3.4 billion and FTV Ascend I closing with total commitments of $651 million. The funds are both focused on control and minority equity investments in companies across the enterprise and financial technology landscape.
The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Jordan Murray, August Sangese, Linda Dahl, Esther Kim, Gabrielle Kornblau, Ariela Rivkin, Elvan Yolcu, Lydia Seife, Scott Kingsbury, Nicole Jodan and Palden Flynn; investment funds regulatory lawyers Melissa Gainor, Jasmina Resic and Hannah Cloh; and tax lawyers Stanley Ramsay and Allison Bray.
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