Jeremy S. Liss, P.C.

A business-oriented advisor who approaches negotiations with a win-win mindset and draws from his vast experience across industries and deal types to drive value.” - Longtime Private Equity Client

Jeremy Liss is a partner in the Miami office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP whose practice is principally focused on advising private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and other sophisticated investors across the investment lifecycle. He counsels clients on the structuring, negotiation and execution of complex private equity transactions, including platform investments, strategic add-ons, carve-outs, exits, continuation and other liquidity transactions, minority and structured investments, and complex situations requiring commercial judgment, creativity and disciplined execution. He is particularly known for helping sponsors navigate high-stakes transactions involving complexity, urgency and challenging stakeholder dynamics.

Jeremy’s practice is built around the needs and priorities of private equity clients. He understands the commercial realities sponsors face — speed, certainty, risk allocation, alignment of incentives and value creation—and he approaches transactions with those priorities front of mind. Clients rely on him not only for legal execution, but also for practical judgment on process, strategy, negotiation dynamics and getting deals done efficiently in competitive environments.

Jeremy is recognized for his work in private equity transactions by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 U.S. Chambers interviewees describe him as “a rockstar,” “an exceptional lawyer” and “always thinking of the business perspective.” Legal 500 sources describe him as “a fantastic lawyer,” noting that “he is smart and he understands the market,” “he just takes such an even-keeled perspective,” and “is a rare M&A attorney with the ability to cut across multiple practice areas and solve problems.”

Jeremy’s clients include AE Industrial Partners, Arlon Group, Aterian Investment Partners, Blue Sea Capital, Continental Grain, H.I.G. Capital, Garnett Station Partners, New Water Capital, One Equity Partners, Palm Peak Capital, Point 41 Capital Partners, Soundcore Capital Partners, Sun Capital Partners, SK Capital, Trivest Partners, Vesey Street Capital Partners and Wind Point Partners.

Kirkland Leadership

Beyond his transactional practice, Jeremy is an entrepreneurial builder and strategic leader within the Firm. He serves as the office leader of Kirkland’s Miami office, which he helped launch in 2022 and has since grown into one of the Firm’s fastest-scaling offices. Under his leadership, the office has expanded rapidly into a dynamic and collaborative team built around a culture of teamwork, mentorship and shared success.

Jeremy has been deeply focused on building a high-performance, low-ego culture in Miami — one that reflects the demands of sophisticated private equity clients and emphasizes collaboration, accountability and excellence at every level. He believes the best outcomes for sponsors come from building the best teams, with the right mix of talent, responsiveness and judgment from the most junior associates to the most senior partners. He has invested heavily in creating an environment where young lawyers are given meaningful responsibility, direct mentorship and the opportunity to develop quickly within strong, supportive teams.

Jeremy is known for mentoring younger lawyers, investing in their development and helping them build the judgment, confidence and commercial instincts needed to become excellent private equity lawyers and trusted client advisors. He is deeply committed to growing talent, building cohesive teams and creating a culture where people are challenged, supported and positioned to succeed over the long term.

A creative thinker with a commercial mindset, Jeremy is also an early advocate for leveraging technology, data and AI to improve the delivery of premium legal services. He focuses on applying innovation in practical ways that improve execution, enhance judgment and create differentiated value for clients. He is a member of the Firm’s M&A Knowledge Management Committee, helping ensure that leading transaction insights and best practices are shared across the Firm for the benefit of clients. He is also a founding member of the Firm’s Innovations and Legal Technology Committee, which focuses on using technology to enhance Kirkland’s execution, judgment and client service.

Representations & Warranties Insurance Leadership

Jeremy is widely recognized as a market leader in transactional risk solutions for private equity sponsors. He was at the forefront of developing and commercializing transactional risk insurance products, including representations and warranties insurance, and today leads Kirkland’s national transactional risk insurance practice.

Jeremy’s early adoption and advocacy of representations and warranties insurance were instrumental in driving the product’s broader adoption in the private equity market, and he maintains close relationships with the most active brokers and insurers in the market. His experience in this area has made him a go-to advisor for sponsors seeking creative and efficient solutions to bridge risk, enhance deal certainty and drive value.

“With Jeremy’s leadership, Kirkland has been at the forefront of innovation in the transaction liability market and has been a tremendous partner for us in moving this market on scope of coverage and execution in a fashion that has greatly benefitted our mutual clients,” a leading insurance broker noted.

Jeremy’s experience and credibility with insurers have also driven superior outcomes in both coverage and claims for clients. As one client noted, “Jeremy introduced us to R&W insurance and explained the ways it could improve our deal outcomes. It dramatically changed the way we approach indemnification in deals.”

Jeremy is valued for pairing elite technical execution with commercial judgment, entrepreneurial thinking and a practical, sponsor-focused approach to solving complex problems.

Interests & Affiliations

Jeremy enjoys golf, skiing, hiking, climbing and mountain biking — especially when sharing those activities with his family. He is actively involved in numerous Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, including AIPAC, Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces, the Jewish Federation of Miami, the American Jewish Committee and Hillel International. Before moving to Miami, Jeremy served on the Board of Anshe Emet Synagogue and on the Chicago Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League.