Peter M. Vaglio, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, Peter has been involved in the following matters:

• Actis on its sale to General Atlantic.
• Arctos Sports Partners in its launch of Arctos Keystone.
• Bridgewater Associates in connection with its governance transition and restructuring.
• Cushman & Wakefield in its strategic transaction with Greystone & Co.
• GCM Grosvenor on strategic partnership with Excolere Equity Partners.
• Grafine Partners on the sale of a minority interest to CAZ Investments.
• Host Hotels in its strategic acquisition of a minority stake in Noble Investment Group.
• Hunter Point in its minority investment in MidOceanPartners.
• Hunter Point in its minority investment in Inflexion Partners.
• ICONIQ in its minority investment in Madison Realty Capital.
• LSV Advisors in its strategic transaction with Alliance Bernstein.
• OCPAsia in a sale of a minority stake to AMG.
• Post Road Group in a sale of a minority stake to Capital Constellation.
• SER Capital Partners on the sale of a minority interest to Capricorn Investment Group.
• Snowhawk Partners on a strategic investment from Nuveen.
• Starwood Capital Group in the spin-out of its energy business.
• Whitehorse Liquidity Partners in various preferred equity financing matters.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Peter was involved in the following matters:

Select Minority Interest, Seed and Financing Transactions

• Blackstone's Strategic Capital Group in the acquisition of minority stakes in Solus Advisors, Magnetar Capital Partners, Marathon Asset Management, Leonard Green & Partners, Kohlberg & Co., The Rockpoint Group, Pacific Alliance Group, Francisco Partners, New Mountain Capital, Marlin Equity Partners, GI Partners, and BC Partners.
• Blackstone's Strategic Capital Group in seed investments in Parsifal Capital and Seiga Asset Management.
• Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in connection with various preferred equity financing transactions.
• Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in connection with various strategic joint ventures.

Select Transactional Matters

• Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in connection with a joint venture resulting in a minority acquisition in a hedge fund service provider.
• An international insurance company in connection with the spin-out of an oil & gas investment team.
• A public alternative asset management firm in connection with a strategic transaction with a reinsurance firm.
• A large international asset manager in connection with the divestiture of a minority owner.

Select Fundraising

• Global Infrastructure Partners in the formation of Global Infrastructure Partners II, a $8.25 billion infrastructure focused fund.
• The Carlyle Group in the formation of Carlyle Europe Partners IV, a €3.75 billion European buy-out fund.
• Blackstone's Strategic Capital Group in the formation of Blackstone Strategic Capital Partners I, a $3.3 billion fund dedicated to acquiring minority investments in alternative asset management firms.
• Apollo Capital Management in the formation of Apollo Credit Opportunities Fund II, a $2.3 billion credit opportunities fund.
• Blackstone's Strategic Capital Group in the formation of Blackstone Strategic Alliance Fund III, a $1.15 billion fund dedicated to making seed investments in hedge fund alternative firms.

The Blackstone Group

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