Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that Sean Lacey will join the Firm’s London office as a partner in the Restructuring Practice Group. Mr. Lacey focuses his practice on financial restructurings and specialised lending transactions at all levels of the capital structure.
“Sean has earned a reputation as one of the leading restructuring and finance lawyers in the London market,” said Jeffrey C. Hammes, Chairman of Kirkland’s Global Management Executive Committee. “His extensive experience advising clients on complex transactions across a range of credit products will further enhance our European restructuring offering. He is an exciting new addition to our market-leading, global restructuring practice.”
Mr. Lacey will join Kirkland from the London office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, where he was co-leader of the firm’s alternative capital group within the global financial institutions group. He has advised a wide range of clients including investment funds, financial institutions and corporate borrowers. During his career, he has spent periods working in legal and commercial teams at two top-tier, global investment banks.
Mr. Lacey holds a degree in modern history and modern languages from Christ Church, Oxford University. He is recommended as a leading restructuring and finance lawyer in both Chambers UK and Legal 500 UK, with the former describing him as “extremely clever and very commercial.”
Source: www.kirkland.com
