Seven Kirkland Partners Recognized Among 2024-2025 CBLJ A-List Growth Drivers

China Business Law Journal named seven Kirkland & Ellis partners to its 2024-2025 “A List: Growth Drivers,” which recognizes lawyers who are instrumental in navigating complex listings, investments, acquisitions, restructurings and disputes.

The following Kirkland partners were recognized:

Joey Chau
Paul Guan
Brian Ho
Carol Liu
Mengyu Lu
Neil McDonald
Tiana Zhang

Joey is a trusted advisor to leading sponsors on a wide variety of complex transactions, including high-profile take private transactions.

Paul focuses on cross-border real estate transactions and has significant experience advising international and regional private equity investors and financial institutions on a variety of transactions involving real estate in Asia.

Brian counsels the Firm’s private equity and corporate clients on novel and complex transactions, including Hong Kong public takeovers and capital markets transactions.

Carol routinely advises and leads teams of lawyers advising global and Asian fund sponsors on structuring and forming private investment funds across a wide variety of strategies.

Mengyu has extensive experience in initial public offerings, SPACs, pre-IPO financings, mergers and acquisitions, and various follow-on offerings or compliance matters by listed companies.

Neil advises on an expansive range of issues that arise in the restructuring and insolvency of troubled companies.

Tiana advises clients on complex cross-border investigations, disputes and crisis management arising from their business in China and the United States.