Kirkland has an active and growing practice representing investors in mezzanine securities. The distinctive strength of Kirkland's mezzanine practice is the depth and breadth of experience of Kirkland lawyers in all aspects of complex financial transactions. The Kirkland lawyers who represent mezzanine investors are generally also active in the Firm's private equity and leveraged buyout practice, representing, depending on the transactions, equity investors, buyout sponsors, and borrowers, as senior lenders, among others. This broader experience exposes Kirkland lawyers to the full spectrum of the legal — as well as tax, financial, and business — considerations that shape complex financing and business combination transactions and that motivate each of the participants in them.
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