Kirkland & Ellis is an American law firm, founded in Chicago. The firm has offices across North America, Europe, the UK and Asia.

Focusses / specialisms

The firm is active in private equity, high yield capital markets, bank lending on the sponsor side, real estate funds and restructuring and insolvency. The firm specialises in advising private equity and financial sponsor clients.

Key clients

Key clients for the firm include Antin Infrastructure Partners, Blackstone, Advent International, Alteri, Altor Private Equity, Apollo, Ardian, Bain Capital, BC Partners, Carlyle, Centerbridge Cinven, EQT, GoldenTree, Hg, KKR, Lion Capital, Lone Star, Madison Dearborn Reuters, PAI Partners, Partners Group, PSP, Sun Capital, SK Capital, Strategic Value Partners, TDR Capital and Triton.