DOJ Won Access to KKR’s Emails With Lawyers in Probe of PE Deals

Federal prosecutors won the rare ability to review communications between KKR & Co. and its lawyers as part of a criminal investigation into whether information about the private equity firm’s deals was intentionally withheld from antitrust enforcers, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department reviewed documents after a ruling last year from US District Judge James Boasberg in DC, said some of the people, all of whom asked not to be named discussing a confidential investigation. The information sought by prosecutors included communications with the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP, which has represented KKR in ...