Kirkland Advises Tyree & D’Angelo Partners on Single-Asset Continuation Fund for Western Veterinary Partners

Kirkland & Ellis advised private equity firm Tyree & D'Angelo Partners (TDP), on a single-asset secondary transaction to extend its partnership with Western Veterinary Partners (Western), a veterinarian-centric and fast-growing, U.S.-based general veterinary support company. TDP formed a continuation fund that acquired its existing interests in Western and also raised new capital to support Western's ongoing strong organic growth and upcoming acquisitions. The fund, which will be managed by TDP, was anchored by HarbourVest Partners as the sole lead investor, with additional commitments provided by Ares Private Equity Secondaries funds, syndicate investors, and TDP's existing limited and general partners. The transaction was announced November 3, 2025.

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The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Eric Fischer, Daniel McQuade, Michael Black, Semhar Woldai, Jake Busker, Peter Pyatigorsky, Erica Sims, Thomas Westbrook, Brandon Barrett, Daniel Grove, Zach Durst, Steven Jeffries and Caitie Manuel; corporate lawyers Garrett Lorentz, Luke Finn and Aubrielle Smoot; tax lawyers Chris Odell and Weiwei Chen; debt finance lawyer Aditi Iyer; investment funds regulatory lawyers Nicholas Hemmingsen and Hannah Cloh; investment funds ERISA lawyers Sabrina Glaser and Theodore Brown; antitrust & competition lawyer Rebekah Scherr; and transactional liability lawyer Hayley Hollender.