Overview

Maggie Flores is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Maggie represents an extensive roster of clients ranging from blue chip public companies to leading private equity sponsors to prominent private companies who tap her for their most complex and transformative transactions, including structuring and negotiating domestic and international mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, de-SPAC transactions, capital markets offerings, and other recapitalizations, restructurings and strategic transactions. She also counsels clients on a range of general corporate and securities law matters, including corporate governance and fiduciary duties.

Maggie was recognized in Bloomberg’s “They’ve Got Next” series in 2024 and as a “Rising Star” by The New York Law Journal as part of its 2024 New York Legal Awards. Maggie was also named one of “New York’s Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s New York Business in 2023 and was selected as one of the “Top Women in Dealmaking” by The Deal in 2022. Maggie is a regular speaker at Practising Law Institute (PLI) events, including co-chairing PLI’s M&A Conference from 2022 to 2024 and its Securities Law Conference in 2024.

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Thought Leadership

Speaking Engagements

Co-Chair and Speaker, “Current Landscape of the M&A Market,” Practising Law Institute, September 2024

Moderator, “Maximizing Impact: How GCs Can Partner with CEOs and Boards for Success,” The Fourth Effect, June 2024

Co-Chair and Speaker, “55th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation,” Practising Law Institute, June 2024

Moderator, “Middle Market Buyouts,” Wharton Private Equity & Venture Capital Conference, March 2024

Speaker, "State of Private Equity Panel," Wharton Women in Investing Conference, February 2023

Speaker, “What Keeps You Up At Night? The Role of a Public Company GC Today,” The Fourth Effect, December 2021 

Speaker, “Dissecting the SPAC Mania Part 1: Navigating the Legal Landscape,” and “Part 2: Tips for Surviving a de-SPAC Transaction,” The Fourth Floor, June–July 2021

Speaker, “Proxy Solicitations in the Age of Corporate Activism,” Understanding the Securities Laws, Practising Law Institute, 2018-2022

Recognition

Recognized as a “Rising Star” by the New York Law Journal, 2024

Recognized in Bloomberg’s “They’ve Got Next” Series, 2024

Recognized as a “Notable Practitioner” for Corporate and M&A and Private Equity by IFLR1000, 2021–2024

Recognized as one of “New York’s Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s New York Business, 2023 

Recognized as one of the “Top Women in Dealmaking” by The Deal, 2022

Memberships & Affiliations

New York City Bar – Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Control Contests Committee

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • New York
  • Illinois

Education

  • Indiana University Maurer School of LawJ.D.summa cum laude

    First in Class

    Order of the Coif

    Scribe Award for Excellence in Legal Writing

    Articles Editor, Indiana Law Journal

  • Princeton UniversityA.B., English
    Certificate in Finance