Kirkland Represents BlackSand Capital in Raising of BlackSand Capital Opportunity Fund II

Kirkland & Ellis represented BlackSand Capital, LLC, a leading real-estate private equity firm in Hawaii, in raising BlackSand Capital Opportunity Fund II, with capital commitments of $326.54 million. Based on strong demand from investors, BlackSand significantly exceeded its original target of $250 million. 

The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners Kelly Ryan, David King and Nicholas Hemmingsen, associates Sarah Roberts, Michael Lee, Arman Zadeh, Scott Zimmerman and Emma Whenham, ERISA Of Counsel Christine Matott, and tax partners Steve Butler and Bruce Gelman. 

Kirkland is a global leader in providing sophisticated advice to investment fund sponsors, institutional investors and other market participants in the alternative investment fund space. Kirkland offers clients the unsurpassed resources of a large, integrated, multidisciplinary, global team located across offices in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. With more than 380 dedicated Investment Funds attorneys, few firms approach the breadth, depth and scope of Kirkland’s experience in investment funds legal services. Since January 2016, Kirkland has advised over 400 funds with total capital commitments in excess of $650 billion.