Kirkland & Ellis advised Hunter Point Capital (HPC) on a strategic partnership with Inflexion, a leading mid-market private equity firm investing across the UK and Europe. Under the terms of the partnership, HPC has made a passive minority investment and plans to support Inflexion’s growth. HPC is a leading independent investment firm seeking to provide capital solutions to alternative asset managers that are poised to build enduring franchises and define the next generation of leading investment firms across the globe.
The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Peter Vaglio, Andrew Nichol, Erica Berthou and Susan Eisenberg and associates Ryan Slaugh, Sarah Bernardo, Andrew Medeiros, John Folkerth, Andrew Juergens, Katherine Chernova and Chelsea Ryan. The team also included tax partners Stan Ramsay, Joseph Tootle and Christopher Odell and associates Brandon Ho and Dion Toledo; investment funds regulatory partners Alpa Patel, Nicholas Hemmingsen and Christine Matott and associates Jasmina Resic and Theodore Brown; employment & labor partner Risa Salins and associate Mallory McKenzie; government, regulatory & internal investigations partner Nick Niles and associate Zach Sommers; technology & IP transactions partner Daisy Darvall and associates Donovan Suh and Amani Coutinho; executive compensation partner Jack Stratton and associate Lisa Cha; employee benefits of counsel Jack Bernstein and associate Caitlin Pyrce; debt finance partner Stewart Ross and associate Scarlet Sprung; and ESG & impact partner Mary Beth Houlihan and associates Kaela Colwell, Annah Akhoun-Murat and Maddy Foote.
