Goodwin advised TA Associates on a strategic minority investment in Kline Hill Partners, an investment firm focused on the private equity secondaries market. The partnership will support Kline Hill’s continued specialization at scale, leveraging TA’s deep experience in asset and wealth management. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.
TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies. Since 1968, TA has invested in more than 560 companies across its five target industries—technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer and business services. The firm has raised $65 billion in capital to date and has over 150 investment professionals across offices in Boston, Menlo Park, Austin, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong.
The Goodwin team was led by Michael Kendall and Josh Soszynski and included extraordinary efforts and collaboration from Rob Emerson, Paul Verbesey, Lynette Elam, Brian Fiske, Tom Jackson and Dylan MacDonald (Private Investment Funds), Dylan Brown, Reid Bagwell, Fiona Gaul, Alexa Boccia and Kenneth Armstrong (Debt), Greg Larkin (Regulatory), Jon Berke, Kahn Wiedis, Dylan Roth, Nuha Kabir and Karola Castaneda-Garcia (Corporate), Steven Clemens and Benjamin Gossels (Tax), Andy Barton and Jacquelyn Watson (ERISA & Executive Compensation), Simone Waterbury and Michael Casaburi (Antitrust), Edward Holzwanger and Jennifer Wilson (Labor & Employment), Rich Matheny, Jake Osborn and Justin Shields (Global Trade), and Andy Sucoff (Real Estate).
For more information on the deal, please read the press release and coverage in PE Hub and Secondaries Investor.