Represented KGS-Alpha Capital Markets L.P., an institutional fixed income broker dealer, and its founding management team in connection with an additional equity financing of approximately $75 million by an investment group led by an affiliate of Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan.

KGS-Alpha Capital Markets L.P. is a New York-based fixed income broker dealer, focusing on mortgage-backed, asset-backed, and agency debt securities. In February 2011, KGS announced that it had completed an additional equity financing of approximately $75 million, bringing total equity capital raised in the past six months to $150 million. This equity investment was led by an affiliate of Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), a Canadian pension plan with over $30 billion in net assets. A Seward & Kissel team led by partners Robert Van Grover, James Abbott and James Cofer and including associate Nick Katsanos represented KGS and its founding management team in connection with this transaction.