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Patrick Joseph Valenti

Partner

Chicago

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Patrick is a private investment funds partner in the Chicago office with more than a decade of experience advising both established and emerging private equity firms in all aspects of their business and operations.

Patrick advises private equity sponsors on the formation, fundraising, and operation of private investment funds, with a focus on sponsors raising middle-market private equity funds from $250 million to $3 billion. He also counsels fund sponsors on operational, management, and transactional matters in all facets of their business, including fund-related aspects of private equity transactions, co-investments, secondary transactions (including continuation funds and other GP-led liquidity solutions), regulatory and compliance matters, investor relations matters, upper-tier arrangements, succession planning, and asset management transactions (including GP stakes transactions). In addition, Patrick has significant experience advising emerging managers, first-time fund sponsors, and independent sponsors in building their firms from inception.

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Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.

Patrick has advised on over 50 private equity fundraises, including:

    • Arctos Partners in connection with multiple fundraises, including the $4.1 billion Arctos Sports Partners Fund II
    • Arsenal Capital Management in connection with multiple fundraises, including the $4.3 billion Arsenal Capital Partners VI and the $1.1 billion Arsenal Capital Partners Growth
    • BayHawk Capital in connection with its inaugural first-time fund of over $600 million
    • CORE Industrial Partners in connection with its $685 million CORE Industrial Partners Fund III and $202 million CORE Industrial Services Fund I
    • Everpeak Capital Group in connection with multiple fundraises
    • Fort Point Capital in connection with its $340 million FPC Small Cap Fund III
    • Forward Consumer Partners in connection with its $425 million Forward Fund I
    • Grant Avenue Capital Partners in connection with Grant Avenue Capital Fund II
    • InTandem Capital Partners in connection with its $715 million InTandem Capital Partners Fund III
    • Longshore Capital Management in connection with its $325 million Longshore Capital Partners Fund II
    • Sheridan Capital Partners in connection with its $575 million Sheridan Capital Partners Fund III

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Key Matters

Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.

Patrick has advised on over 50 private equity fundraises, including:

    • Arctos Partners in connection with multiple fundraises, including the $4.1 billion Arctos Sports Partners Fund II
    • Arsenal Capital Management in connection with multiple fundraises, including the $4.3 billion Arsenal Capital Partners VI and the $1.1 billion Arsenal Capital Partners Growth
    • BayHawk Capital in connection with its inaugural first-time fund of over $600 million
    • CORE Industrial Partners in connection with its $685 million CORE Industrial Partners Fund III and $202 million CORE Industrial Services Fund I
    • Everpeak Capital Group in connection with multiple fundraises
    • Fort Point Capital in connection with its $340 million FPC Small Cap Fund III
    • Forward Consumer Partners in connection with its $425 million Forward Fund I
    • Grant Avenue Capital Partners in connection with Grant Avenue Capital Fund II
    • InTandem Capital Partners in connection with its $715 million InTandem Capital Partners Fund III
    • Longshore Capital Management in connection with its $325 million Longshore Capital Partners Fund II
    • Sheridan Capital Partners in connection with its $575 million Sheridan Capital Partners Fund III

Credentials

Education

Patrick received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 2012 with high distinction. He earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2015 where he was a staff member of the University of Chicago Law Review and a recipient of the Douglas Baird Prize in Commercial Law.

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