Kirsteen Nicol

Partner Debt Finance
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Overview

She is on the ball 24-7. She knows the market from the legal side inside out. That helps her to be very thoughtful in her responses whenever we throw a curveball at her.” - Chambers UK, 2025

Kirsteen Nicol is a banking partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Her practice is primarily focused on representing sponsors and portfolio companies on complex, cross border leveraged financings. Kirsteen has a broad range of banking and debt finance experience, including syndicated and credit fund lending, leveraged acquisitions, take private transactions across Europe, corporate lending and general banking.

Kirsteen has been recognised:

  • by Chambers UK for London: Banking & Finance (2025)
  • by The Legal 500 UK as a “Leading Individual” (2025)
  • by Chambers UK as a “top lawyer and a trusted partner” (2024)
  • by The Legal 500 UK as a “Leading Individual” (2024)
  • by Legal Business in its list of “Women Deal Stars – Alpha 2.0” (2023)
  • by IFLR1000 in the “Highly Regarded” category (2023) for Banking and listed in IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2023 – EMEA.
  • by Legal Week in its list of “Rising Stars: The UK's Best Up and Coming Female Lawyers” (2021)
  • by The Lawyer as a dealmaker in the “Hot 100” (2019), which celebrates the United Kingdom’s top lawyers acting on the most significant matters with creative flair.

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Recognition

Recognised for London: Banking & Finance, Chambers & Partners UK, 2025

Recognised as a “Leading Individual”, The Legal 500 UK, 2025

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2010, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of Scotland

Education

  • University of AberdeenDiploma in Legal Practice2007
  • University of GlasgowLL.B., LawFirst Class Honours2006