Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALMHow Kirkland Has 'Reinvented a Meaningful Aspect' of Funds Work
“The Kirkland investment funds group is the size of many Am Law firms in its own right, and we’ve fundamentally reinvented a meaningful aspect of the work the group does,” James Desjardins said.
December 12, 2024 at 06:00 AM
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Kirkland & Ellis has one of the largest investment fund practices in Big Law—and lately, it’s been leaning on a homegrown tool to power even more growth in the practice.
SideTrack, Kirkland’s lawyer-built tech platform for helping to manage the fundraising process, has now been used for several hundred client matters across the globe, the firm said. And its creator says it’s “fundamentally reinvented” aspects of how the firm’s investment funds group does its work, just in the last couple of years. It was developed and piloted during earlier parts of the pandemic and launched at the firm in 2023.
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