Jenni Polson

Prior to joining Kirkland, Jenni worked on the following matters, advising:

• Citi on the sale of its (i) consumer banking businesses in Taiwan to DBS Group and India to Axis Bank; and (ii) global fiduciary and trust services business to JTC Plc.
• Telefonica on the merger of O2 and Liberty Global’s Virgin Media.
• FIS on transformational regulated outsourcings of (i) Franklin Templeton’s client infrastructure; and (ii) T. Rowe Price Group Inc.’s core operations.
• Brookfield Infrastructure on master services agreements and transitional services agreements on a number of their acquisitions, including as part of its acquisition of a 49% interest in Telia Towers Sweden.
• Alter Domus on its strategic partnership for global fund administration.
• State Street Bank and Trust Company on global technology, middle- and front-office services outsourcings.
• HQLAX and Deutsche Börse on their jointly developed distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution, including HQLAX on (i) technology licensing and blockchain contracts with third parties and customers (global financial institutions) and (ii) its Series C funding round.
• Cellnex on the master service agreements and transitional service arrangements on a number of their acquisitions.
• A global investment management firm on its acquisition of a portfolio of UK OFTO assets, including in respect of the reorganisation and separation aspects.
• A global private equity house on various strategic contracts, including with respect to its use and deployment of AI.
• A global bank on white labelling its algo-trading solution.
• A number of corporates, private equity houses and other financial institutions on the negotiation and development of playbooks and templates for various technology regulations (including DORA, EBA guidelines, GDPR, EU AI Act).

Clifford Chance LLP

• Senior Associate (London), 2024–2025
• Associate (London), 2019–2024
• Trainee Solicitor (London and Singapore), 2017–2019