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What the Team is Known For

Kirkland & Ellis has a well-rounded practice with strength in investment fund structuring, restructuring and insolvency, and private equity transactions. Leading global asset managers form the main part of its client base, and the team regularly advises these clients on cross-border tax issues.

Strengths

Kirkland & Ellis's tax team is super responsive, and from the most junior associate to the partners, they all have a deep understanding of the PE business.

They are fantastic tax lawyers who operate at the complex end of the spectrum.

Work Highlights

Kirkland & Ellis represented McDermott International in its ongoing financial restructuring.

Notable practitioners

Alexander Cox has a well-respected practice and assists private equity clients with investment fund structuring.
 

Alexander is technical, rigorous and extremely diligent. He'll work hard to make sure that deadlines are met.

Ceinwen Rees provides extensive support to investment fund managers on a broad range of tax concerns. She regularly works on fund structures and investments, as well as assisting with management-related issues such as co-investment and carried interest.
 

Ceinwen Rees represents what an outstanding lawyer is. She is technically brilliant, result-driven and highly pleasant to work with.

 

Ceinwen is super impressive and has a huge amount of experience. She brings a commercial view to things and gives good, pragmatic advice.

Ian Ferreira provides extensive advice and support to investment funds and private equity houses on complex tax structuring and planning issues.
 

Ian has a fantastic style of reducing the most complex problem to simple explanations.

 

Ian is highly involved and takes full responsibility, which results in an outstanding level of service.

James Morgan provides advice to clients on a wide range of matters including the tax aspects of high-value M&A and complex financing instruments.
Mavnick Nerwal has a broad commercial tax practice that sees him advising on the tax aspects of private equity deals, fund formation and financing transactions. His client list includes well-known private equity groups.
 

Mavnick is very smart and practical.

Peter Abbott specialises in corporate tax and is well known for advising on high-value M&A and private equity transactions.

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Alexander Cox
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