Kirkland & Ellis

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Leading firm in UK 2026

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Kirkland & Ellis is global law firm with more than 4,000 attorneys representing clients in complex corporate transactions, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, restructuring, and intellectual property matters. The firm has 23 offices around the world: Austin, Bay Area, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Munich, Nashville, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Riyadh, Salt Lake City, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.

Ranked Offices

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USA - Head office

Illinois

333 West Wolf Point Plaza , Chicago, Illinois, USA, IL 60654, Chicago

www.kirkland.com

+1 312 862 2000

UK

Greater London

40 Leadenhall Street , London, Greater London, UK, EC3A 2AA, London

Ranked Departments

1
Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors: Big Ticket
London (Firms)
1
Restructuring/Insolvency
4 Ranked lawyers, London (Firms)
1
Tax
3 Ranked lawyers, London (Firms)
2
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
4 Ranked lawyers, London (Firms)
4
Commercial and Corporate Litigation
2 Ranked lawyers, London (Firms)
4
Competition Law
2 Ranked lawyers, London (Firms)
4
Corporate Crime & Investigations
2 Ranked lawyers, London (Firms)
1
Infrastructure
5 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
1
Investment Funds: Private Equity
7 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
1
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit Funds
3 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
1
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries
2 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
1
Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above
7 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
2
Banking & Finance: Fund Finance
2 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
2
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
4 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
2
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
2 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
3
Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
2 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
3
Investment Funds: Real Estate
2 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
3
Real Estate Finance
2 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
3
Sanctions
2 Ranked lawyers, UK-wide
6
International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration
UK-wide

Ranked Individuals

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Stephen Lucas
Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket, London (Firms)
1
Ian Barratt
Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket, London (Firms)
1
Nicola Dagg
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation, London (Firms)
1
Sean Lacey
Restructuring/Insolvency, London (Firms)
2
Alexander Cox
Tax: Investment Funds, London (Firms)
2
Ceinwen Rees
Tax: Investment Funds, London (Firms)
2
Christopher Shield
Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket, London (Firms)
3
Alasdair Balfour
Competition Law, London (Firms)
3
André J Duminy
Information Technology & Outsourcing, London (Firms)
3
Steven Baldwin
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation, London (Firms)
4
Daniel Lim
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation, London (Firms)
4
James Morgan
Tax, London (Firms)
4
Jin Ooi
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation, London (Firms)
4
Kirsteen Nicol
Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket, London (Firms)
4
Marcus Thompson
Corporate Crime & Investigations, London (Firms)
4
Mavnick Nerwal
Tax, London (Firms)
4
Satyen Dhana
Competition Law, London (Firms)
5
Daniel Borg
Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket, London (Firms)
5
Hannah Crawford
Restructuring/Insolvency, London (Firms)
5
Noah Stewart-Ornstein
Commercial and Corporate Litigation, London (Firms)

Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Kirkland & Ellis

Global Practice Guide

Trade Secrets 2026
USA | Law and Practice

Authored by

Andrew (Keum Yong) Lee, Josh Berlowitz, Claudia Ray, Joseph Loy

Article • Apr 2026

Global Practice Guide

Trade Secrets 2026
Introduction

Authored by

Claudia Ray, Joseph Loy, Josh Berlowitz, Andrew (Keum Yong) Lee

Article • Apr 2026

Global Practice Guide

Authored by

Jeremy King, Dale Cendali, Joshua Simmons

Article • Jan 2026

All contributions provided by Kirkland & Ellis

Title and authors	Content type	Publication date	Media type
Life Sciences & Pharma IP Litigation 2026 \| Introduction Authored by: Steven Baldwin, Jin Ooi, Daniel Lim	Global Practice Guide	Dec 2025	Article
Insolvency 2025 \| UK \| Law and Practice Authored by: Zoe Stembridge, Kate Stephenson	Global Practice Guide	Oct 2025	Article
White-Collar Crime 2025 \| USA \| Law and Practice Authored by: Charles Kalil, Emily Hughes, Ryan Raybould, Cori Lable	Global Practice Guide	Sep 2025	Article

Kirkland & Ellis

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Offices

1909

Established in

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