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Fund Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis in San Francisco

17 fund lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis are listed in San Francisco, of the 251 the firm lists in the directory. The practices they list most: fund formation (14), secondaries (11) and private credit funds (5).

Last verified Oct 23, 2026 against kirkland.com. How we check

All of Kirkland & Ellis’s 251 fund lawyersEvery firm’s fund lawyers in San Francisco

Partners in San Francisco

17 people

Primary practicePrior firms
Anna BaxendaleKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CAFund formation, Private credit fundsFund formation15 yrsColumbia, BPP Law School +1King & Wood Mallesons
Michael BrarKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CA +1Fund formation, SecondariesFund formation10 yrsUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law, University of Toronto +1Borden Ladner Gervais
Matthew CohenKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CA +1Fund formation, Private equity funds +5Funds regulatory18 yrsPepperdine Caruso School of Law, University of California, Santa BarbaraK&L Gates
Ezekiel CouchKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CAFund formation, SecondariesFund formation10 yrsColumbia, Wake Forest UniversityU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Jana GlockKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CA +1Fund formation, Secondaries–13 yrsStanford, Universität LeipzigMorrison & Foerster, Gleiss Lutz +1
Tina HeKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CAFund formation–7 yrsNorthwestern, Vanderbilt–
Aditi IyerKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CAFund finance–15 yrsUC Berkeley, StanfordGoodwin Procter
Damian JacobsKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CA +1Fund formation, Private equity funds +2Secondaries22 yrsUniversity of TasmaniaO'Melveny & Myers, Allens Arthur Robinson
Mary KwanKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CA +1Fund formation, Funds regulatoryFund formation11 yrsAmerican University, Smith CollegeRopes & Gray
Todd MelchiorKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CASecondaries–13 yrsOsgoode Hall Law School, York UniversityDentons, Royal Bank of Canada +1
Karin OrsicKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CAFund formation, Private equity funds +2Fund formation31 yrsHarvard, University of Chicago–
Sarah RobertsKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CAFund formation, Secondaries +1Secondaries13 yrsUniversity College London, University of LawHermes Fund Managers, Travers Smith
Christopher SimpsonKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CASecondaries–11 yrsBPP Law School, Gonville and Caius College, University of CambridgeFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jackie TingKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CAFund formationFund formation8 yrsOsgoode Hall Law School, University of Western OntarioBorden Ladner Gervais
Barry S. Le VineKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CAFund formation, Private equity funds +3Fund formation16 yrsNorthwestern, University of Chicago +1Sidley Austin, Sullivan & Cromwell +2
Paul WattKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CA +1Fund formation, Private equity funds +4––Fordham, BPP Law School +1–
Christopher WynneKirkland & EllisPartnerSan Francisco, CAFund formation, Funds regulatoryFund formation16 yrsUniversity of Virginia, James Madison UniversityMorgan Lewis, Latham & Watkins +1

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Practices in San Francisco

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Facts from kirkland.com, in surname order: the people whose bio pages give them an office in San Francisco. Someone with two offices counts in both. A count, not a rating; nobody pays to be listed. How the directory works