Akin Advises BlackRock and Hollyport Capital in Investment in a Silver Oak-Managed Continuation Fund

February 11, 2025

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(Washington, D.C. and New York) Akin advised BlackRock Secondaries & Liquidity Solutions and Hollyport Capital as lead investors in their investment in a continuation fund for Smile Partners USA, a portfolio company of Silver Oak Services Partners LLC, with additional support from new and existing investors. 

The Akin team was led by investment management partners Fadi Samman and Amanda Butler-Jones and included corporate partner Timothy Clark; tax partner Stuart Alter; investment management counsel Brendan McNamara; tax counsel Timothy Higgins; and associates Naneka Bakare, Nada Abousena and John Molm. 

For additional information on the transaction, click here. 

Akin is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. 

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