Overview
Austin Favory is a corporate associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He concentrates his practice on forming, structuring, and operating private equity funds and their management companies. Austin also has extensive experience representing clients, including private-equity backed entities, in complex commercial and intellectual property litigation.
Before earning his J.D., Austin earned his B.S. and M.S. in biology and was responsible for growing the business for industry-leading medical device and life sciences corporations.
Austin leverages his technical background and his broad corporate and legal experiences to assist private equity clients in all aspects of fund formation and operation.
Experience
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ExternHonorable Chief Judge Ruben CastilloUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2018
Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2018
Intellectual Property Intern, Rise Interactive, 2018
Law Clerk & Summer Associate, Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik, 2016–2018
Summer Associate, Husch Blackwell, 2016
Automation Specialist, Eppendorf North America, 2013–2015
Life Sciences Specialist, VWR, 2011–2013
Surgical Consultant, ACell, 2010–2011
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2019Illinois
Education
- DePaul University College of LawJ.D.summa cum laude2018
Order of the Coif
DePaul Law Review
- DePaul UniversityM.S., Biology2014
- Indiana UniversityB.S., Biology2007