On January 23, 2018, Seward & Kissel client White Oak Equity Partners announced the acquisition of a minority interest in Blueshift Asset Management.
White Oak Equity Partners is a New York City-based private equity firm that purchases non-controlling, minority general partner interests in alternative asset management firms that have under than $2 billion in assets under management.
Blueshift Asset Management is a New Jersey-based quantitative investment management firm that specializes in high-frequency trading and statistical arbitrage strategies across a range of structures.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed. A Seward & Kissel team led by partner Meir Grossman and associate Danielle Lemberg, Tax partner Jonathan Brose and Employment counsel Julia Spivack represented White Oak Equity Partners in connection with the transaction.
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