Overview

Andrew Calder is a partner in the Houston and Austin offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP where he also serves as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities law, and corporate governance, with a particular focus on the energy sector.

Andrew has received widespread recognition from leading legal and industry publications. He was named a 2026 “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer and is ranked as an “Eminent Practitioner” by Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A, Private Equity: Buyouts, Energy: Electricity (Transactional), and Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional), as well as by Chambers Global for Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border). He is also recognized as a “Leading Partner” by The Legal 500 United States for Energy Transactions: Electric Power, Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas, and is recommended for Renewable/Alternative Power. In addition, he is ranked as “Highly Regarded” for M&A by IFLR1000. Earlier in his career, Andrew was named a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer in 2018, received the Energy & Services, Power, Utilities Lawyer of the Year award from The Deal in 2018, and was recognized as a Top Dealmaker by Texas Lawyer as part of its 2018 Professional Excellence Awards.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

“7 Stages Of Grief: Impact of Oil Downturn on Energy Attys,” Law360, May 2016 (Co-Author)

“SEC Adopts Rules Requiring Payment Disclosures by Resource Extraction Issuers,” Simpson Thacher Memorandum, September 6, 2012

Recognition

Recognized as “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer (2026).

Recognized in Chambers Global as an Eminent Practitioner for Energy Transactions: Electricity (USA) (2020–2026), Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas (USA) (2020–2026) and Corporate/M&A (International/Cross-Border & USA) (2021–2026).

Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. as a Leading Lawyer in Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas (2017–2025) and Energy Transactions: Electric/Conventional Power (2017–2025) and recognized for Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power (2022–2025), M&A (2015–2016, 2018) and Private Equity Buyouts (2015–2018).

Recognized in Chambers USA as an Eminent Practitioner for Energy Transactions: Electricity (USA) (2020–2025), Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas (USA) (2020–2025) and Corporate/M&A (International/Cross-Border & USA) (2021–2025).

Recognized in Lawdragon's “500 Leading Lawyers in America,” 2023–2025. 

Recognized as “Highly Regarded” in Texas by IFLR1000 and for M&A (2019–2024). 

Andrew is also an adjunct professor at University of Texas Law School and teaches a course on negotiating corporate transactions.

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2011Texas
  • 2003New York

Education

  • Oxford Institute of Legal PracticeLPC2002
  • BPP Law School, LondonCPE2001
  • University of EdinburghLL.B.Law Honors2000