Monica J Shilling

Monica Shilling is a transactional partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She has a broad M&A, securities law and corporate practice that focuses on advising asset managers, private equity funds, and their portfolio companies on the full lifecycle of transactions. She also represents public companies, financial advisors, investment banks and issuers. She has over 30 years of experience with mergers and acquisitions, capital markets offerings, leveraged buyouts, general corporate law and corporate governance, securities laws, and NYSE/Nasdaq compliance.

The Los Angeles Business Journal notes that Monica’s “diverse practice and her understanding of the financial markets and industry expertise have propelled her as one of the leading women attorneys steering private equity’s recent entertainment boom.” Monica also focuses on specialty finance companies, where she advises companies on the establishment of business development companies (BDCs), special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and other private and public equity vehicles.

Member of the Board, KCRW Foundation, Inc., 2012-Present; Chair of the Board, KCRW Foundation, 2019-Present; Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2021-Present

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1995; University of Redlands, Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, 1992