Michael J. Milazzo

Michael’s experience includes advising:

Infrastructure Funds

• Antin Infrastructure Partners on forming Antin Infrastructure Partners IV, a €6.5 billion global infrastructure fund*

Credit and Debt Funds

• Blue Owl on forming Owl Rock Opportunistic Fund, a US$2 billion fund*
• GSO on forming GSO Capital Opportunities Fund III, a US$6.5 billion global mezzanine fund*
• Riverstone on forming Valor Upstream Credit Partners, L.P., a fund seeking to make structured credit investments in North American upstream oil and gas companies
• An investment manager on raising an emerging markets distressed credit fund*

Private Equity Funds

• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on:
  • Forming Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund X, a US$10 billion North America and Europe buyout fund*
  • Establishing joint ventures with Kedaara Capital Advisors, a newly formed India-based private equity firm, and Principle Capital, an established China-based private equity firm*
• EQT on forming various funds and accounts, including:
  • EQT Credit Opportunities III, a €1.3 billion Europe credit opportunities fund*
  • EQT Mid-Market Credit Fund II, a €2.3 billion Europe credit fund*
  • EQT Real Estate I, a €420 million Europe real estate fund*
  • EQT Real Estate II, a €1 billion Europe real estate fund*
  • EQT Ventures, a €566 million Europe technology/venture capital fund*
  • EQT Ventures II, a €660 million Europe technology/venture capital fund*
  • EQT Public Value Fund, an  evergreen fund that makes minority investments in public companies in Northern Europe* 
• EQT on:
  • Its US$1.8 billion combination with Exeter Property Group, a leading global real estate investment manager*
  • Selling its credit business to Bridgepoint* 
• Inflexion Private Equity on forming of its £2.5 billion Inflexion Buyout Fund VI*
• GEF Capital Partners on forming GEF US Climate Solutions Fund II, a US$325 million fund focused on making control investments in lower middle-market companies in the United States and Canada to rapidly scale their climate change and pollution remediation solutions
• Guggenheim Investments on various credit fund matters and transactions, including:
  • The closing of an approximately US$400 million vehicle that will invest in Guggenheim’s private debt strategy
  • The closing of a US$1.2 billion vehicle that will support the growth of Guggenheim’s private credit strategy
• Great Mountain Partners on Saranac Holdings, a US$600 million fund formed to pursue investments across the media and entertainment ecosystem, including music, film and television, sports, gaming, and live entertainment
• Oaktree Capital Management on forming various funds and accounts, including:
  • Oaktree Opportunities Fund XI, a US$15.9 billion fund, known as the largest distressed debt fund ever raised in the market and Oaktree’s largest fund in history*
  • Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund VIII, a US$4.7 billion global real estate fund*
  • Oaktree Special Situations Fund II, a US$2 billion fund focused on control-oriented debt and equity investments in middle-market companies* 
  • Oaktree Power Fund V, a US$1.45 billion US energy and infrastructure fund*
• Queen’s Park Equity on QPE Fund II, a £305 million fund 

Liquidity Solutions and Asset Management Transactions

• Ares Management Corporation on various transactions, including an acquisition of a US$1.1+ billion portfolio of private equity fund interests, which Secondaries Investor named 2024 LP-Led Deal of the Year in the Americas
• Argo Infrastructure Partners, a leading mid-market asset manager targeting essential infrastructure assets in North America, in its acquisition by Apollo
• ERA Partners LLC on its US$485 million continuation vehicle to support its aerial wildland firefighting and heavy lift company within its American Aviation Holdings investment platform
• FIC, an investment firm with a focus on critical infrastructure assets across the energy and power use value chains, on a GP-led secondary transaction for a portion of its existing equity interest in the Matterhorn Express 
• Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm on its investment in L+M Companies, one of the country’s leading affordable and mixed-income housing developers

Venture and Growth Funds

• Kinterra Capital Corp. on its second fund, Kinterra Critical Materials & Infrastructure Opportunities Fund II, LP, securing US$950 million in total capital commitments 
• Lakeshore Capital on forming Lakeshore Capital II LP, a US$150 million fund focused on mid-market investments in Thailand and the Greater Mekong Subregion*
• MaC Venture Capital on its third fund, a US$150 million fund that with a focus on investments in technology startups leveraging shifts in cultural trends and behaviors
• PAG on forming PAG Growth II LP, a US$525 million growth-focused private equity fund*
• TPG on forming TPG Rise Climate, a US$7.3 billion global climate-focused fund*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham