James Alford is an associate in the Structured Capital & Insurance Solutions Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on complex credit fund formation and insurance solutions for global private fund sponsors, handling fund structuring, compliance and distribution matters. James has experience in rated funds and other structures for capital-efficient insurance investing; structuring funds for tax-efficient global fundraising; captive CLO equity funds with EU risk retention compliant manager originators; levered private funds utilizing captive CLOs; CLOs; collateralized fund obligations; evergreen illiquid asset funds; liquid multicredit funds; and funds of closed-end funds.
