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Mark Boyagi is a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a leader in the Firm's industry-renowned Liquidity Solutions team, which is ranked Band 1 in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA. Mark's practice focuses on advising sponsors and lead investors in connection with complex business transactions in the private funds secondary market, including continuation fund transactions, portfolio sales, structured secondaries, stapled secondaries, preferred equity arrangements, fund recapitalizations, strip-sales, tender offers and other liquidity solutions. He also frequently advises sponsors on the formation of private investment funds, co-investment programs, strategic partnerships and separately managed accounts, covering all major alternative investment strategies, as well as firm-level arrangements, succession planning and regulatory matters. Mark is particularly well-known across the market for frequently leading the largest and most complex continuation vehicle transactions in the world, having advised on more than $25 billion of total transaction volume in 2024 alone.