Overview
Alex Roggio is a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group in the Miami office of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP and a member of the Firm's Liquidity Solutions Team. Alex's practice focuses on representing private equity sponsors on the organization and operation of private investment funds, with a particular emphasis on structuring and executing strategic secondary transactions designed to provide liquidity to both sponsors and investors. Alex has advised on a full range of secondaries transactions including GP-led continuation funds, traditional and synthetic secondary deals, tender offers, portfolio sales, and preferred equity financings. In addition, Alex has counseled private equity sponsors pursuing a wide variety of strategies, including buyout, real estate, fund of funds, fund of ones and separate accounts, joint ventures and co-investment fund transactions.
Experience
Representative Matters
Select Secondaries and Other Transactions
- Alpine Investors in the formation of its $3.4 billion single-asset continuation fund for its portfolio company Apex Services Partners.
- Frontenac in the complex GP-led recapitalization of its Fund XI portfolio company Motion & Control Enterprises, and the related plan of division for its Fund XI portfolio.
- JMI Management in the recapitalization of its portfolio company Unanet and the formation of its single-asset continuation fund.
- Leeds Equity Partners in the formation of a single asset continuation fund to acquire its Fund V portfolio company Exterro Inc.
- Stellex Capital Management on the comprehensive GP-led recapitalization of its Fund I portfolio company Fenix Parts.
- Sterling Partners in the recapitalization of its Fund II portfolio company School of Rock LLC.
- Vance Street Capital in the recapitalization of its Fund I portfolio company Micronics Filtration and related add-on acquisition of National Filter Media.
- Vance Street Capital in the recapitalization of its Fund II portfolio company Motion Dynamics.
- Vance Street Capital in the recapitalization of its Fund II portfolio company Jet Parts Engineering and the formation of its single-asset continuation fund.
Select Fund Formation
- Aeroterm, a Realterm company, in the formation of its $730 million Realterm Airport Logistics Properties fund.
- Ares Management in the formation of its $5.7 billion Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund VI.
- Ares Management in the formation of its $1 billion Ares Energy Opportunities Fund.
- Astira Capital Partners in the formation of its inaugural $675 investment fund, focusing on B2B services investments.
- Perceptive Advisors in the formation of its $1.1 billion Perceptive Credit Opportunities Fund III and $1.3 billion Perceptive Credit Opportunities Fund IV.
- Realterm in the formation of its $630 million Realterm Logistics Fund IV.
- Thoma Bravo, LLC in the formation of its $24.3 billion Thoma Bravo Fund XV, $6.2 billion Thoma Bravo Discover Fund IV, and $1.8 billion Thoma Bravo Explore Fund II.
- Thoma Bravo, LLC in the formation of its $17.8 billion Thoma Bravo Fund XIV, $3.9 billion Thoma Bravo Discover Fund III, and $1.1 billion Thoma Bravo Explore Fund.
- Thoma Bravo, LLC in the formation of various co-investment funds for its $12.3 billion acquisition of Proofpoint Inc., $6.4 billion acquisition of Medallia Inc., $10.4 billion acquisition of Anaplan Inc. and $8 billion acquisition of Coupa Software Inc.
- ZMC in the formation of its $775 million ZMC Fund III.
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ExternUnited States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
More
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2022Florida
- 2019Massachusetts
- 2019New York
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Education
- Columbia Law SchoolJ.D.2018
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Inter-American University of Puerto RicoB.S., Biologysumma cum laude2013
News &
Insights
Kirkland Advises GLP Capital Partners on Sale of GCP International to Ares