Overview

Chris Connolly is a corporate partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

Chris’s practice involves advising on a broad range of corporate mandates for financial sponsors and their portfolio companies, with a particular focus on UK and international public-to-private transactions and cross-border private M&A mandates.

Chris has detailed experience of operating across a wide range of sectors including financial services and financial technology, industrial, retail, infrastructure and sports assets.

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2016, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Education

  • BPP Law School, LondonAccelerated Legal Practice Coursewith Distinction2014
  • BPP Law School, LondonGraduate Diploma in Lawwith Distinction2013
  • University of CambridgeM.Phil., Theoretical Linguisticswith Distinction2012
    Arts and Humanities Research Council Academic Studentship
  • University of CambridgeM.A., Modern and Medieval Languages (Russian and French)Starred First2011
    Peterhouse Academic Scholarship