Julia Harper is a litigation associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Julia’s current and former representations include:
Brookfield Asset Management, LLC and its affiliates in class action litigation in New York federal court arising from its offer to take Teekay Offshore private.
Windstream and certain affiliates in connection with an adversary proceeding in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding seeking to recharacterize a $650 million-per-year lease agreement as a disguised financing arrangement.
Fox Corporation and certain former officers and directors of Twenty-First Century Fox, including Rupert Murdoch and his sons, in a shareholder derivative lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery arising out of 21st Century Fox’s $73 billion merger with The Walt Disney Corporation and the separation of Fox Corporation.
The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Taubman Centers in litigation filed in Michigan state court related to the purported termination by Simon Property Group of its $9.8 billion merger and joint venture with Taubman.
HGGC and one of its affiliated funds in a putative class action filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery arising from its $446 million take-private acquisition of Nutraceutical International Corporation.
H.I.G. Capital and Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. in the defense of trade secret litigation brought by TransPerfect Global, Inc., arising from H.I.G. and Lionbridge’s participation as a bidder in the auction sale of TransPerfect.
Various companies in litigations in which bondholders asserted that company transactions, including spin-offs, debt exchanges and intellectual property transfers, breached the company’s credit agreements and/or indentures.
Clerk & Government Experience
Law ClerkPublic Defender Service for the District of Columbia2018
Judicial InternHonorable O. Rogeriee ThompsonUnited States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit2018
Judicial InternHonorable Melvin S. HoffmanUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts2017
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2020New York
Courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Education
Boston University School of LawJ.D.cum laude2019
Recipient of Dr. John Ordronaux Prize for exemplary academic performance and leadership
Editor-in-Chief, Boston University Law Review
Co-President, Women's Law Association
University of ChicagoB.A., English Language and Literature2014