Chambers UK 2025: 18 Kirkland Practice Areas and 60 Lawyers Ranked

In the 2025 edition of Chambers UK, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP was recommended in 18 practice areas and 60 lawyers were listed as “Ranked Individuals” in their fields. Chambers and Partners conducts extensive research and analysis to compile this list of talent available at the highest level of the UK legal practice.

 

Clients who spoke with Chambers UK as part of its research lauded Kirkland as “extremely strong” and “consistently confident and unwavering,” a firm with sophistication that is “second to none.”

 

Kirkland received Band 1 rankings in:

 

Banking & Finance: Sponsors
Investment Funds: Private Equity
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries
Private Equity Buyouts: High-end Capability
Restructuring/Insolvency
Tax

 

The Firm was also recognized in:

 

Banking & Finance: Fund Finance 
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
Commercial & Corporate Litigation
Competition Law
Financial Crime: Corporates
Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
Infrastructure
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit Funds
Investment Funds: Real Estate
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Real Estate Finance