Sandra

BD pipeline tool for special situations / restructuring / capital solutions lawyers.

Goal

Identify portfolio companies of private credit funds that Kirkland & Ellis acted as fund formation counsel for. These borrowers are the prospect universe — when their loans go sideways they need restructuring counsel, and the K&E fund formation partner can warm-introduce.

Scope

• Geography: Global
• Fund type: Private credit only (direct lending, unitranche, mezz, special sits credit, distressed credit, NAV lending). Excludes PE buyout, infra equity, real estate equity, public/syndicated CLOs, liquid credit hedge funds.
• Filter: K&E was fund formation counsel (not just deal counsel)

Files

• LOG.md — running working log of research, decisions, blockers
• funds.md — K&E-formed private credit fund inventory (sponsor → fund → vintage → AUM → evidence → confidence)
• portfolio.md — portfolio companies per fund
• prospects.md — final consolidated prospect list (deduplicated, with stress flags where available)
• sources.md — sources consulted, methodology, gaps

Methodology constraints

• Free public sources only. No Preqin/PitchBook/Bloomberg/Capital IQ.
• Sources: SEC EDGAR (Form ADV, BDC 10-K/10-Q schedules of investments), kirkland.com press releases, news (PEI, PDI), Companies House, fund websites, Wikipedia.
• Best-effort coverage with explicit confidence per entry.