April Larkin

Partner Investment Funds

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April Larkin

Overview

April Larkin is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis. She represents private equity firms and public and private companies in fundamental corporate transactions. Her practice primarily focuses on advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, minority investment transactions, joint ventures, structured equity transactions, liquidity events and seeding arrangements. Her practice frequently includes structuring complex incentive compensation and equity ownership arrangements for principals of investment management firms.

April has also advised private equity firms and their portfolio companies on strategic and leveraged acquisitions and divestitures, recapitalizations, executive compensation and incentive equity matters, as well as general corporate counseling and compliance. She has also advised private equity clients in the structure, formation, marketing, management and regulatory compliance of private equity funds, funds-of-funds and other investment vehicles, as well as the operational, legal and regulatory issues.

Previously, April represented institutional investors in connection with investments in private equity funds, hedge funds and other alternative vehicles, including the review and negotiation of investment documentation and side letters, as well as secondary transactions and co-investments. She also focused her practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters and general corporate law through representation of buyers and sellers in private M&A transactions.

LBC Credit Partners in its acquisition by CIFC Asset Management 

Gorelick Brothers Capital in sale of majority interest to Bridge Investment Group

I Squared Capital in connection with various strategic investment transactions

Oak Street Real Estate Capital in the sale of a minority interest to Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill unit

Trivest Partners in its sale of a minority interests to Bonaccord Capital Partners

Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill unit in the acquisition of a minority interest in Permira

Gauge Capital in connection with the sale of a minority interest to RidgeLake Partners

TSG Consumer Partners in its sale of a minority interest to Dyal Capital Partners

Kernel Group Holdings on upsized $265 million IPO

Comvest Partners in a strategic minority investment in its business by Affiliated Managers Group

Vector in its strategic minority investment from Dyal Capital Partners

Vector in restructuring of Vector fund II and III 

Centre Lane Partners in its strategic partnership with Investcorp’s Strategic Capital Group (ISCG) 

Spear Street Capital in a strategic minority investment in its business by Bonaccord Capital Partners, a division of Aberdeen Standard Investments 

Kayne Anderson Real Estate in the sale of a minority interest to Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill program

Nordic Capital in its strategic minority investment by Ottawa Avenue Private Capital

AE Industrial Partners, LP in its strategic investments by Bonaccord Capital Partners and funds managed by Wafra Inc.

Jackson Walker L.L.P., 2015–2017

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • New York
  • California
  • Texas

Education

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.

    Dean's List

    Member, Journal of Human Rights

    President, International Law Society

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.A., Communicationwith Honors and Distinction

    Dean's List