LAWYER PROFILE

Kirsteen Nicol

UK 2026

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket

London (Firms)

1 year ranked

About

Provided by Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

UK

Practice Areas

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

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket - London (Firms)

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

Provided by Chambers

She's highly competent and extremely responsive.
Leveraged Finance: Big TicketChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
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 Guide to the Legal Profession