Overview

Michael Alcan is a tax partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Michael’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of complex transactions involving investment funds and their sponsors. He frequently advises clients on domestic and cross-border fund formation, fund restructurings and recapitalizations, continuation fund transactions, GP stakes transactions, fund financing and sponsor-level tax planning. He also advises clients on the tax aspects of domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, debt and equity restructurings, and joint ventures.

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2018New York
  • 2020California

Languages

  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Japanese

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.with Honors2017
  • Boston UniversityB.A., International Relationscum laude2010