Tracy Lin is a litigation associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice encompasses a broad range of matters, most often representing companies in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial disputes.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Tracy has been involved in the following matters, among others:
Defended software-as-a-service portfolio company and its private equity owner against claims that the company’s post-acquisition reorganization entitled certain former executives to accelerated vesting of their equity and other severance payouts. Following a week-long hearing, the arbitrator rejected all of the claims asserted against the company, adopted each of the company’s defenses and awarded the company its attorneys’ fees and costs.
JELD-WEN and certain executives, defended in a securities class action filed in Virginia federal court arising from price-fixing allegations and related lawsuits. Settlement achieved in 2021.
CEO of Benefitfocus, defended in a lawsuit brought in New Jersey federal court by ADP, alleging breaches of restrictive covenant agreements. Defeated ADP’s request for a TRO and preliminary injunction in May 2021 and appeal thereof. Settlement achieved in 2022.
ArcLight Capital Partners, one of its portfolio companies, and certain officers and directors, defending a breach-of-contract suit in Delaware Chancery Court relating to ArcLight’s merger with American Midstream partners.
EQT Corporation and certain of its officers and directors, defending in a consolidated putative securities class action filed in Pennsylvania federal court arising out of EQT’s $6.7 billion acquisition of Rice Energy.
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ClerkHonorable Judge Matthew KennellyUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2018
Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, New York, 2019
