Kirkland Adds Real Estate Partner Al Stemp in Los Angeles
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Albert W. Stemp has joined the Firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group.
“Al has developed a strong national reputation for advising private equity firms and other institutional investors across a range of complex real estate-related transactions. His experience aligns perfectly with our practice, and we are thrilled to have him join our strong real estate team in our growing Los Angeles office,” said Jeffrey C. Hammes, Chairman of Kirkland’s Global Management Executive Committee.
Mr. Stemp advises a diverse group of clients on a broad range of real estate transactions. He counsels private equity funds and other institutional real estate investors and owners, as well as a number of family offices and other clients. He represents clients in joint ventures, preferred equity deals, acquisitions, dispositions, and various types of financings and real estate-related mergers and acquisitions across all commercial real estate asset classes.
“I’m thrilled that Al has chosen to join our team,” said Kevin M. Ehrhart, a real estate partner in Kirkland’s Los Angeles office. “His experience on private equity real estate transactions will meaningfully expand our ability to serve clients here in California and across the Firm.”
Mr. Stemp joins the Firm from Proskauer Rose LLP’s Los Angeles office, where he was a partner. He has been recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA since 2016.
About Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis is an international law firm with 2,500 attorneys representing clients in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, restructuring, and intellectual property matters. The Firm has no headquarters location, and operates from 15 offices around the world: Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.