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Kirsteen Nicol

Kirsteen Nicol

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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
 Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

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Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket

UK

1 year ranked

About

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Kirsteen Nicol is a banking partner in the London office. Her practice is primarily focused on representing sponsors and portfolio companies on complex, cross border leveraged financings. Kirsteen has a broad range of banking and debt finance experience, including syndicated and credit fund lending, leveraged acquisitions, take private transactions across Europe, corporate lending and general banking.

Career

2014 to present Kirkland & Ellis International LLP; 2012-2014 Weil, Gotshal & Manges; 2008-12 Dickson Minto

Professional Memberships

Law Society of England & Wales

Education

University of Aberdeen

Diploma in Legal Practice

2007

University of Glasgow

LL.B., Law

2006

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket - UK

Band 4
Individual Editorial
Kirsteen Nicol is a go-to practitioner in the London finance market and is noted in particular for her strength in large-cap cross-border financings. Her clients include a number of leading sponsors.
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Strengths

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  • We work with her a lot on complex deals, and she has a spectacular way of coming up with right structuring to achieve what we are looking for.

    Leveraged Finance: Big TicketChambers Global Guide

  • She's highly competent and extremely responsive.

    Leveraged Finance: Big TicketChambers Global Guide

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