Kirsten Morelli is a real estate associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Kirsten has a broad range of experience representing public, private and institutional real estate investors, financial institutions and private equity funds in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. Her practice has a particular focus on commercial real estate finance, including the origination of mortgage and mezzanine financing, leveraging and secondary financings, loan modifications, workouts and deed-in-lieu transactions.