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Attorneys in our Munich office have counseled clients in Germany, Europe and globally on sophisticated transactions for nearly 20 years. Working from our office in the city’s historic center, our team of approximately 50 attorneys handles private equity/M&A, capital markets, debt finance and tax matters, and advises on all aspects of domestic and cross-border insolvencies and financial restructurings. Our Munich team is fully integrated with our practices in London, the U.S. and Asia, giving clients access to Kirkland’s diversified, international resources. Our attorneys in Munich are all German-qualified lawyers and fluent in both German and English, with significant experience abroad.
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- Press Release Kirkland Advises Triton on Acquisition of United Initiators
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Park Square Capital on Acquisition of Commercial Rights to the FIA World Rally Championship and the FIA European Rally Championship
- Press Release Kirkland Advises KKR on Joint Venture with TotalEnergies
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Bain Capital on Acquisition of SupplyOn
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot in CreditSights’ First-Half Debtor Counsel Leaderboard
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Kingswood Capital Management and Kodak Alaris on Sale of Kodak Alaris’s Global Instant Photo Business
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot in The Deal’s Q2 Out-of-Court Restructuring League Tables
- Award Proximo Honors Kirkland With Five “Deals of the Year” Awards
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Bain Capital on Exclusive Agreement for Acquisition of Majority Stake in Everllence
- Award Handelsblatt Featured 43 Kirkland Attorneys Among Germany’s Best Lawyers for 2026
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot in 9fin’s LME Restructuring League Tables
- Award Kirkland Recognized for Exceptional Client Service by BTI
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot on Infrastructure Investor’s Annual Fund Formation League Table
- Award Kirkland Honored at International Financial Law Review Europe Awards
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot on Private Equity International’s Annual Fund Formation League Table
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Lone Star Funds on Debt Financing of its Dual Acquisition and Future Combination of RadiciGroup’s High Performance Polymers and Specialty Chemicals Businesses and DOMO Engineered Materials
- Award Partners Matthew Elliott and David Higgins Recognized Among Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers by Private Equity News
- Award Partner Mark Boyagi Named Among PEI’s Annual “40 Under 40: Future Leaders of Private Equity”
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Advent and Cinven on Combination of TKE and KONE
- Award Kirkland Ranks #1 in The Deal’s Q1 2026 Out-of-Court Restructuring and Bankruptcy League Tables
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Bridgepoint on Acquisition of iC Consult
- Award Kirkland Earns Two SecondaryLink Awards for Law Firm of the Year
- Award 46 Kirkland Lawyers Selected for “2026 Pro Bono Recognition List of England & Wales”
- Award Kirkland Named "Private Equity Law Firm of the Year” for Second Consecutive Year at Chambers Germany Awards
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Blackstone Tactical Opportunities on Investment in Sunotec
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Arsenal Capital Partners on Sale of ATP to Henkel
- Award Kirkland Honored at GCR Awards
- Award Kirkland Recognized as a Top Firm in The Legal 500 EMEA
- Award Chambers Europe Recognizes 10 Kirkland Practice Areas and 30 Lawyers
- Award For 18th Straight Year, Kirkland Named to IAOP’s “Global Outsourcing 100”
- Award Kirkland Recognized as a Top Legal Advisor by MergerLinks
- Press Release Kirkland Represents O2 Investment Partners on Closing of Oversubscribed Fund V at $670 Million
- Press Release Private Equity Lawyer Sebastian Heim Joins Kirkland & Ellis in Munich/London
- Award Kirkland Receives Two Private Debt Investor “Law Firm of the Year” Awards
- Award Kirkland Receives Two Secondaries Investor “Law Firm of the Year” Awards
- Award Kirkland Recognized as “Law Firm of the Year” by Real Estate Capital Europe
- Award Kirkland Sweeps PERE “Law Firm of the Year” Awards
- Award Six Kirkland Transactions Honored at IFR Awards
- Award Ben Leyendecker Named “Private Equity and Venture Capital Lawyer of the Year” at the Legal 500 Germany Awards 2026
- Award Kirkland Recognized in Chambers Germany
- Award Chambers Global 2026: 86 Kirkland Practice Areas and 142 Attorneys Ranked