Our Work – Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Success In Multiple Practice Areas

We have the largest dedicated private equity practice in the market and that includes the largest sponsor-side debt finance group in Europe. Kirkland is the only firm in the European market to act for such a diverse mix of top European private equity and financial investor clients on multiple deals across multiple sectors and geographies, supported by a deep bench of lawyers whose sole focus is advising sponsors and their portfolio companies.

Recent Awards & Rankings

Chambers UK 2026 – Band 1 Rankings
Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors
Infrastructure
Investment Funds: Private Equity
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit Funds
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries
Private Equity Buyouts: High-End Capability
Restructuring/Insolvency
Tax

Legal 500 UK 2026 – Band 1 Rankings
Acquisition Finance
Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
Fund Finance
High Yield
Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing
Intellectual Property: Patents (Contentious and Non-Contentious)
Private Equity: Transactions (High-Value Deals)
Private Funds
Real Estate Funds

IFLR Europe Awards, 2026
Team of the Year: Private Equity
Deal of the Year: Private Equity – Clayton, Dubilier & Rice/Opella
Deal of the Year: Restructuring – Ardagh Group
Impact Deal: High-Yield – Petra Diamonds

Private Equity International, 2026
Law Firm of the Year in the Americas: Fund Formation
Law Firm of the Year in the Americas: Transactions

Law360, 2025
Firm of the Year

The Times, Awards 2025
Best Law Firm for Banking & Finance