Creative Planning Receives Strategic Investment From TPG Capital

Paul, Weiss is advising Creative Planning, a leading independent wealth management firm, in a substantial minority investment from TPG. TPG is investing in the business through TPG Capital, its U.S. and European private equity platform. Creative Planning and its affiliates currently have more than $375 billion in combined assets under management and provide services across all 50 states and 90 countries. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Ellen Ching and Matthew Abbott, and includes partner Matthew Collin and counsel Nathan Mitchell; tax partner Lindsay Parks and counsel Patrick Karsnitz; antitrust partner Annie Herdman; personal representation partner Alan Halperin; executive compensation partner Lawrence Witdorchic and counsel Jake Glazeski; real estate partner Peter Fisch; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon and counsel Brianna van Kan; antitrust partner Marta Kelly; litigation counsel Audrey Paquet; and environmental counsel William O'Brien.