Akin Gump Advises BlackRock in Backing of New $1.1 Billion Kohlberg Secondaries Fund

(Washington, D.C.) - Kohlberg & Company has closed a $1.1 billion continuation vehicle transaction co-led by affiliates of BlackRock, GIC and Lexington Partners. A team from Akin Gump advised BlackRock in the transaction.

The continuation vehicle encompasses the remaining assets of Kohlberg Investors VII, a 2012 vintage fund with $1.6 billion in capital commitments, and is the first continuation vehicle to be established by Kohlberg.

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The Akin Gump team advising BlackRock was led by investment management partner Fadi Samman. He was joined by investment management counsel Emily Goodman and associate Paige Randall; corporate senior counsel Timothy Clark; and tax counsel Stuart Alter and associate Ekaterina Lyashenko.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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