Overview

Laura Steinke is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Laura focuses on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic and minority investments, and sales and other dispositions, as well as related equity, corporate governance and general corporate matters.

Laura has handled matters on behalf of, amongst others, private equity sponsors Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group, EQT, Hellman & Friedman and New Mountain Capital, as well as a number of their portfolio companies.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-Author, “Delaware Chancery Court Confirms Continued Applicability of MFW Standard,” International Law Office Corporate Finance/M&A Newsletter, June 7, 2017

Press Mentions

Quoted, “Insiders Say These 8 Deal Lawyers Are Who Big Private Equity Firms Are Counting on to Help Figure Out How to Put Mountains of Cash to Work,” Business Insider, December 6, 2019

Recognition

IFLR1000, 2020 & 2023–2025

The Legal 500 United States, 2022

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2013New York

Education

  • University of QueenslandLL.B.2007
    First Class Honors
  • University of QueenslandB.Sc., Molecular Cell Biology2007