Elina Chen

Registered Foreign Lawyer Litigation
Kirkland & Ellis

Overview

Elina Chen is a registered foreign lawyer in the dispute resolution team of the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis. Elina has extensive experience in high-stakes commercial litigation in state and federal courts across the United States, including the Southern District of New York, the New York Supreme Court, the Delaware Court of Chancery, the Northern District of California and others. She maintains an active practice representing investment funds, private equity firms, financial institutions and other corporate clients in complex disputes involving mergers and acquisitions, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, tort claims, trademark disputes, securities related disputes and real estate transactions.

Elina is a versatile and strategic advocate who has played key roles in all stages of litigation, from pre-dispute corporate advisory through trial and subsequent appeal. Elina possesses significant experience preparing various expert and fact witnesses deposition testimony, developing core case themes and narratives, managing complex discovery and drafting various critical motions and briefings. Elina also has extensive trial experience, including having served as second chair to numerous witnesses and first chair to her own witness.

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2026, Hong Kong, Registered Foreign Lawyer
  • 2024, New York

Courts

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

  • Columbia Law SchoolJ.D.2023
    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • New York UniversityB.A., Political Sciencemagna cum laude2020