Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis represents the most active real estate investors across their most significant and complex transactions. With a global platform of more than 3,000 lawyers in 18 cities across Europe, the United States, and Asia, Kirkland provides elite legal services and a relentless commitment to client service. Kirkland is a market-leader in each of its core practice areas, including private equity and private equity-backed real estate, M&A and other complex corporate transactions; investment fund formation and alternative asset management; restructurings; high-stakes commercial and intellectual property litigation; and government, regulatory and internal investigations.

Kirkland has unrivalled real estate private equity and real estate finance expertise with extensive experience in market-leading real estate-backed corporate finance transactions across a multitude of products and jurisdictions. With over £100 billion of executed European-led real estate transactions since 2018 across approximately 30 geographies, Kirkland consistently acts on the landmark transactions of complexity in the sector. Kirkland advises on transactions across the spectrum of real estate sectors including hotels & leisure, public markets, data centres, logistics, healthcare, mixed use, PRS, student accommodation, housebuilding and integrating and acquiring operational business in the real estate sector.