Ian Ferreira

Partner Tax
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Overview

He has a fantastic style – he’s highly involved and takes full responsibility.” - Chambers UK, 2025

Ian Ferreira is a tax partner in Kirkland’s London office. He advises many of the world’s leading private fund sponsors and investors on the UK and international tax aspects of complex cross-border transactions and restructurings. His practice covers the full spectrum of the asset management industry, with a particular focus on asset management M&A and restructuring, primary fundraises across all asset classes, GP liquidity solutions and fund secondary transactions, management company structuring, and global carry and co-investment planning.

Ian is a trusted advisor to leading pan-European and global sponsors. He counsels clients through transformative matters ranging from multi-billion-euro fundraisings and GP-led liquidity processes to strategic acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings and management platform reorganisations.

He regularly designs and implements innovative structures for private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure managers, helping them navigate evolving tax regimes while achieving commercial and investor objectives. Clients value Ian’s ability to combine technical precision with a pragmatic, business-oriented approach, and his willingness to take full ownership of transactions from concept through execution.

External Recognition

  • Chambers & Partners UK: Recognised for London: Competition Law (2025)
  • The Legal 500 UK: Recommended for Corporate Tax (2025)

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2009, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Languages

  • French
  • German
  • English

Education

  • Nottingham Law SchoolLegal Practice Course

    with Distinction

    2006
  • Nottingham Law SchoolGraduate Diploma in Lawwith Distinction2005
  • University of OxfordB.A., Modern LanguagesHons.2004