Kirkland Advises Advantage Partners on Strategic Minority Investment from Tokyo Century

Kirkland & Ellis represented Advantage Partners in connection with Tokyo Century's minority investment in Advantage Partners to support its future growth and enhance the firms' existing strategic alliance.

Tokyo Century Corporation is a comprehensive financial services company that operates leasing, specialty finance, and strategic investment solutions businesses in Japan and overseas. Advantage Partners is a leading private markets investment platform primarily focused on Japan and Asia, providing investment services across strategies including Japan buyout, Asia buyout, private solutions (private structured investments in listed companies), and renewable energy and sustainability.

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The Kirkland team included asset management M&A lawyers Andrew Reilly, Robert Blagov and Sam Winter; corporate lawyer Yawen Li; and investment funds lawyer Carol Liu.