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Since our foundation in Chicago in 1909, Kirkland & Ellis has been advising clients around the world on all their legal, transactional and financial issues. With more than 1,600 attorneys operating across multiple time zones, Kirkland & Ellis is a major force on the global legal scene. We now have eleven offices globally – Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington DC.
Our philosophy is based around several key principles: To provide the highest quality legal services, to become true partners to our clients in their ongoing success, and to recruit the best and brightest legal talent in the market.
LONDON
Based in the heart of the City in the iconic Gherkin building, our London office acts in some of the most complex, high value and high profile corporate transactions in Europe. We have an unsurpassed reputation in private equity. Clients such as BP America, McDonald’s, General Motors, Samsung and UBS return to us time after time thanks to our hands-on, innovative approach to their legal matters.INDUSTRY ACCLAIM
As our reputation for top quality corporate work continues to grow, we are increasingly recognised by our peers.
Chambers praises our "terrific combination of creative problem solving, high-quality execution and exceptional attention to detail".
Our recent awards include:
Private Equity
Our London office acts on behalf of financial sponsors and private equity owners and has advised on some of Europe's largest leveraged buyouts. We also operate within international capital markets and securities regulation.
Funds
With more than 150 lawyers focused on private funds across several offices, Kirkland & Ellis is uniquely positioned to advise clients on private equity, real estate and hedge funds, and we regularly represent leading institutional investors regarding their investments in private funds.
Capital Markets
We represent issuers and underwriters in a broad range of securities offerings. By drawing on the multiple areas of expertise within the firm, we can efficiently handle corporate affairs, commercial lending, taxation, securities litigation, environmental issues, IP and property marshalling deals from inception to closure.
Debt Finance
For major financial transactions across Europe, borrowers, lenders and insurers turn to us for reliable and specialist advice. Our London office concentrates particularly on acquisition finance, debt restructuring, capital markets, high-yield issuance and syndicated lending.
Restructuring
We enjoy an ever-growing reputation for multi?jurisdictional restructurings and insolvency proceedings, especially planning and strategies for cross?border deals. Our client list features shareholders, directors, creditors, debtors, turnaround advisors and insolvency agents.
Tax
Every year we operate at the centre of numerous complex domestic and international transactions. The team acts on corporate mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, debt and equity financings, as well as fund formation.
International Litigation and Arbitration
Around the world, multinational corporations, governments and subsidiaries seek our help in international litigation and arbitration cases. Partners at our London office are qualified to carry out investigations into white collar crime at a global level.
Intellectual Property
We handle patent litigation matters for unfair competition, trademark and copyright disputes. The team manages IP transactions on behalf of some of the world's largest companies, from transferring and commercialising new technologies to purchasing product lines.
Antitrust and Competition
Our London office advises clients across a range of industries on all aspects of EU and UK competition law. Our specialist knowledge includes merger control, market dominance and cartel investigations, as well as sector inquiries and antitrust legislation.
Training contracts at Kirkland & Ellis are highly prized. Trainees know we help launch careers, develop skills and - crucially - provide early direct experience of major client casework.
If you are considering applying for a place, you might like to know more about what sets us apart from our competitors.
As a smaller office, you are guaranteed plenty of one-to-one learning from partners and senior associates. At the same time, being part of a much larger firm means we attract top tier international clients - which for you means immediate exposure to major deals.
There may even be opportunities to take up seats in our overseas offices (trainees have recently been to New York and Hong Kong) and gain experience of operating with colleagues in different jurisdictions.
Your success goes hand in hand with ours, so we are passionately committed to your personal development and career progress. Join Kirkland & Ellis and you will receive quality training right through to qualification - and beyond.
For further information on our graduate opportunities please visit www.kirkland.com/ukgraduate.
Since our foundation in Chicago in 1909, Kirkland & Ellis has been advising clients around the world on all their legal, transactional and financial issues. With more than 1,600 attorneys operating across multiple time zones, Kirkland & Ellis is a major force on the global legal scene. We now have eleven offices globally – Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington DC.
Our philosophy is based around several key principles: To provide the highest quality legal services, to become true partners to our clients in their ongoing success, and to recruit the best and brightest legal talent in the market.
LONDON
Based in the heart of the City in the iconic Gherkin building, our London office acts in some of the most complex, high value and high profile corporate transactions in Europe. We have an unsurpassed reputation in private equity. Clients such as BP America, McDonald’s, General Motors, Samsung and UBS return to us time after time thanks to our hands-on, innovative approach to their legal matters.INDUSTRY ACCLAIM
As our reputation for top quality corporate work continues to grow, we are increasingly recognised by our peers.
Chambers praises our "terrific combination of creative problem solving, high-quality execution and exceptional attention to detail".
Our recent awards include:
Private Equity
Our London office acts on behalf of financial sponsors and private equity owners and has advised on some of Europe's largest leveraged buyouts. We also operate within international capital markets and securities regulation.
Funds
With more than 150 lawyers focused on private funds across several offices, Kirkland & Ellis is uniquely positioned to advise clients on private equity, real estate and hedge funds, and we regularly represent leading institutional investors regarding their investments in private funds.
Capital Markets
We represent issuers and underwriters in a broad range of securities offerings. By drawing on the multiple areas of expertise within the firm, we can efficiently handle corporate affairs, commercial lending, taxation, securities litigation, environmental issues, IP and property marshalling deals from inception to closure.
Debt Finance
For major financial transactions across Europe, borrowers, lenders and insurers turn to us for reliable and specialist advice. Our London office concentrates particularly on acquisition finance, debt restructuring, capital markets, high-yield issuance and syndicated lending.
Restructuring
We enjoy an ever-growing reputation for multi?jurisdictional restructurings and insolvency proceedings, especially planning and strategies for cross?border deals. Our client list features shareholders, directors, creditors, debtors, turnaround advisors and insolvency agents.
Tax
Every year we operate at the centre of numerous complex domestic and international transactions. The team acts on corporate mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, debt and equity financings, as well as fund formation.
International Litigation and Arbitration
Around the world, multinational corporations, governments and subsidiaries seek our help in international litigation and arbitration cases. Partners at our London office are qualified to carry out investigations into white collar crime at a global level.
Intellectual Property
We handle patent litigation matters for unfair competition, trademark and copyright disputes. The team manages IP transactions on behalf of some of the world's largest companies, from transferring and commercialising new technologies to purchasing product lines.
Antitrust and Competition
Our London office advises clients across a range of industries on all aspects of EU and UK competition law. Our specialist knowledge includes merger control, market dominance and cartel investigations, as well as sector inquiries and antitrust legislation.
Training contracts at Kirkland & Ellis are highly prized. Trainees know we help launch careers, develop skills and - crucially - provide early direct experience of major client casework.
If you are considering applying for a place, you might like to know more about what sets us apart from our competitors.
As a smaller office, you are guaranteed plenty of one-to-one learning from partners and senior associates. At the same time, being part of a much larger firm means we attract top tier international clients - which for you means immediate exposure to major deals.
There may even be opportunities to take up seats in our overseas offices (trainees have recently been to New York and Hong Kong) and gain experience of operating with colleagues in different jurisdictions.
Your success goes hand in hand with ours, so we are passionately committed to your personal development and career progress. Join Kirkland & Ellis and you will receive quality training right through to qualification - and beyond.
For further information on our graduate opportunities please visit www.kirkland.com/ukgraduate.
