Kirkland & Ellis

Firm Overview:

Kirkland & Ellis is global law firm with approximately 4,000 attorneys representing clients in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, restructuring, and intellectual property matters. The firm has 21 offices around the world: Austin, Bay Area, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Munich, New York, Paris, Riyadh, Salt Lake City, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG):

With ESG considerations increasingly influencing the flow of capital in the global marketplace, Kirkland’s ESG & Impact Practice Group provides clients with sophisticated, multidisciplinary advice and state-of-the-art market intelligence as they navigate the opportunities and challenges related to ESG and impact investing across the investment and operational life cycles.

Building upon Kirkland’s long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainability, our ESG & Impact Practice Group serves as a strategic partner to our clients, working with them to develop strategies tailored to their unique circumstances and goals. By integrating ESG into all aspects of our best-in-class transactional practice, Kirkland helps investors, lenders and companies implement ESG policies and commitments, comply with regulatory and contractual obligations, and achieve market best practices across their operations, in order to enhance relationships with key stakeholders, generate long-term value and achieve sustainability objectives.

Crisis & Risk Management:

In an era of real-time reporting, social media, Twitter, and a 24-hour news cycle, the need for rapid, coordinated response during a crisis is critical as legal risks are closely intertwined with reputational risks. It is no longer an option to stay quiet and crafting an appropriate message is more important than ever. Words matter. Tone matters. Risks abound. And public facing communications can impact relationships and outcomes with customers, regulators and courts. Simply put: legal communications now form a large and important part of the legal services clients need today.

Boards of directors and officers of the world’s leading corporations turn to Kirkland’s Crisis Response practice group to provide the experience and skills needed for mitigation and proactive engagement during these modern times of legal and reputational crisis. As a leading global firm handling some of the world’s largest and most complex legal crises, clients depend on Kirkland’s SWAT team approach to help resolve and mitigate what can quickly develop into enterprise-level risks.

Kirkland’s experienced multidisciplinary team works hand-in-hand with clients to address, advise on and respond to a broad range of issues, including those relating to worldwide multi-jurisdictional crises, federal and state criminal and regulatory inquiries, shareholder activism, #MeToo, Congressional inquiries, internal investigations, cybersecurity, environmental events, restructuring matters and corporate governance challenges. By leveraging the extensive experience of partners across the Firm and across party lines, along with Kirkland’s forward-looking, strategic focus, Kirkland provides a holistic, deep bench of attorneys with the most relevant and current knowledge to help guide our clients through these legal crises.