BOSTON, July 18, 2022 – Leading international law firm Proskauer announced today that it represented long-time client Lexington Partners in its recent purchase of private equity stakes from a state government plan. The acquisition is part of what is believed to be the largest-ever secondary sale transaction involving limited partner fund stakes, which reportedly involved multiple buyers and featured a total reported value in excess of $6 billion.
Lexington Partners is one of the world’s largest managers of secondary private equity and co-investment funds. Since its founding, Lexington has organized 20 secondary funds and 10 co-investment pools with a total capital of $55 billion.
The Firm previously advised Lexington Partners in its role as lead investor with respect to the closing of three of the largest GP-led secondary transactions of all time, as reported by Secondaries Investor.
The Proskauer team was led by partners Michael R. Suppappola and Joseph E. Kasegian (Private Funds). It also included associates Alexandria Martin, Tracy Rizk, Carol A. Sullivan and Sara A. Leonard, special funds counsel Samuel M. Mirkin, staff attorneys Christopher Marano and Daneyar Nusubaliyev, and law clerk Victoria Hay (Private Funds); partner Jamiel E. Poindexter, and associates Jeanette Stecker, Kaitlyn L. Flynn-Rozanski and Yuna L. Choi (Tax); senior counsel John R. Ingrassia (Regulatory); and summer associate Garret Podolan.
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