Chris Smiciklas

Associate Transactional

Chicago +1 312 862 2833

Chris Smiciklas

Overview

Chris Smiciklas is a corporate associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Since joining Kirkland, Chris has been involved in the following matters:

  • Soundcore Capital Partners in its acquisition of ACS Asphalt Concrete Solutions
  • GTCR in its strategic majority investment in Biocoat
Public Interest Law Initiative Fellow at Northwestern Bluhm Legal Clinic, Investor Protection Center

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-Author, “The Law’s Aversion to Naked Statistics and Other Mistakes,” Cambridge Legal Theory, 2022

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022Illinois

Education

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.cum laude2022

    Senior Research Honors

    Online Executive Editor, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.S., Mathematics & Economicscum laude2017
    High Distinction in Mathematics