Carolyn Aiken is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Carolyn's practice focuses on debt financing transactions, including private equity investments and leveraged acquisitions, funds finance and general corporate finance.
Experience
Representative Matters
GTCR and Cole-Parmer in its acquisition of ZeptoMetrix Corporation
Bain Capital Tech Opportunities and HGGC in their investment in Buildertrend
Golden Gate Capital and Cole-Parmer in their agreement with GTCR to recapitalize Cole-Parmer
Clerk & Government Experience
Corporate Judicial ExternshipHonorable Randy HollandDelaware Supreme Court
Prior Experience
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Associate, Lending Services and Corporate Finance, Richmond, VA, 2013–2017
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Memberships & Affiliations
Virginia Bar Association
American Bar Association
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2018Illinois
2013Virginia
Courts
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Accreditation
Education
Washington University in St. Louis School of LawJ.D.2013
Editor in Chief, Washington University Law Review
President, Women’s Law Caucus
Washington University in St. LouisM.B.A., Corporate Finance and Investments Platform2013
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.S.B.A., Marketingwith Honors2005
