Kirkland & Ellis counseled AEA Investors LP, a pioneering alternative investment manager specializing in middle market private equity and debt investments, on successfully closing its fourth Small Business Fund, AEA Investors SBF IV with total equity commitments of $877 million. Substantially oversubscribed, the Fund includes commitments from a diverse group of public and private institutional investors, receiving strong support from its existing investor base as well as first-time commitments from a select group of new institutions. Read the company press release

The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Matt Nadworny, Chris Kallos, Kevin Wessel and Adam Parks and associates Samara Sanderson, Christine Wilson, Sofia Ahmed and Nathan Wolcott.

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