Overview

Olesia Zakon is a tax partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on the tax aspects of private investment funds, including private equity funds, credit funds, hedge funds, real estate funds and secondary funds. Olesia advises clients on a broad range of tax matters, including fund formation, acquisitions, dispositions, secondary purchases and sales, restructurings, continuation funds, GP-led secondary transactions and upper-tier arrangements.

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2014New York

Languages

  • English
  • Russian

Education

  • Cornell Law SchoolJ.D.2013
    Editor, Cornell Law Review
  • The University of British ColumbiaB.A., Psychology2010