11 Dec 2025

Kirkland & Ellis Advises Avocet Partners on Acquisition of EMC Life

"Kirkland & Ellis advised Avocet Partners on a definitive agreement to acquire EMC National Life Insurance Company (EMC Life) following a contemplated demutualization of EMC National Life Mutual Holding Company. Avocet intends to use EMC Life as the foundation of a permanent capital platform to grow through new products and distribution channels."

Kirkland & Ellis represented Avocet Partners in connection with Avocet's definitive agreement to acquire EMC National Life Insurance Company (EMC Life). The transaction contemplates the acquisition of EMC Life following a contemplated demutualization of EMC National Life Mutual Holding Company. Avocet Partners is acquiring EMC Life to serve as the foundation of a permanent capital platform, with a strategy focused on investing in and significantly growing EMC Life through the development of new products and expanded distribution channels. Kirkland & Ellis represented Avocet Partners with a team composed by: corporate lawyers Guirgis Nasief, Rajab Abbassi, Neil Datar, Allison Azarloza, Alexis Adjei and Hamed Meshki; insurance regulatory lawyers Parimah Hassouri and Aliza Seidenfeld; tax lawyers Mike Beinus, Vivek Ratnam and Jeremy Miller; technology and IP transactions lawyers Matt Lovell, Seth Pritchard and Eamon Condon; employee benefits lawyers Matt Antinossi and Anthony Aliantro; executive compensation lawyers Scott Price, Alisa Tschorke and Cassandra Zárate; employment and labor lawyers Christie Alcala and Frank Policastri; antitrust and competition lawyers Philipp Gnatzy and Matt Wheatley; real estate lawyers Rob Miceli and Eliza Jaen; environmental transactions lawyers Jon Kidwell and Isaac Lawrence; international trade and national security lawyers Luci Hague and Brandon Ricaurte; and transactional liability lawyer Jessica Sicsu.
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