Christopher J. Worek

Partner Tax

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Christopher J. Worek

Overview

Christopher Worek is a tax partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Linden Capital Partners and its portfolio company The HydraFacial™ Company in the combination with Vesper Healthcare Acquisition Corp. 

Industrial Growth Partners in its acquisition of Electric Power Systems International, Inc.

Coriant in its acquisition by Infinera

Law ClerkHonorable Joseph W. NegaUnited States Tax Court2016–2017

Legal InternUnited States Commodity Futures Trading CommissionSummer 2014

Judicial ExternHonorable Mary Ellen Coghlan, Presiding JudgeCircuit Court of Cook County, Probate DivisionSummer 2013

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Thought Leadership

Publications 

BEPS and the Digital Economy, 79 Tax Notes Int’l 539 (2015)

Press Mentions

"Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Kirkland, Vinson," Law360 (Feb. 22, 2019)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2015Illinois

Courts

  • United States Tax Court

Education

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of LawLL.M., Taxationwith Honors2016
  • University of Illinois College of LawJ.D.magna cum laude2015

    Managing Articles Editor, University of Illinois Law Review

    Rickert Award for Excellence in Legal Writing

    CALI Award for Highest Grade in Corporate Tax and Real Estate Finance

  • University of Illinois at ChicagoB.S., Finance; International Business Minormagna cum laude2012