Brett Nelson is a corporate associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on complex business transactions, including structuring and negotiating strategic and leveraged acquisitions and divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and growth equity investments, equity and debt financings, recapitalizations and restructurings, executive compensation and incentive equity matters, and general corporate counseling and compliance.
Experience
Prior Experience
PILI Fellow, Center for Economic Progress, 2015
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2014
Summer Associate, Lindquist & Vennum LLP, 2013
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2015Illinois
2019Minnesota
Education
Stanford Law SchoolJ.D.2015
Articles Editor, Stanford Law Review
Gustavus Adolphus CollegeB.A., Financial Economics & Political Sciencesumma cum laude2011
Phi Beta Kappa
Wall Street Journal Award for excellence in Economics