Kirkland Advises on Investment in TikTok U.S.

Kirkland & Ellis advised an investor in its investment in TikTok’s U.S. operations in connection with the establishment of TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which closed in January 2026.

The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Joey Chau, Leo Zhou, Jiayi Wang and Ieuan Adrian List; technology & IP transactions lawyers Min Wang, Jessie Perlman and Jeffrey Seroogy; international trade & national security lawyers Ivan Schlager and Luci Hague; litigation lawyer George Hicks; tax lawyers Mike Carew and Allison Bray; employment & labor lawyer Jackson Phinney; employee benefits lawyers Maureen O'Brien, Matthew Antinossi and Chris Chase; executive compensation lawyer Lauren Cates; and antitrust & competition lawyers Alasdair Balfour, Kurt Wunderlich, Matthew Sinclair-Thomson, Rebekah Tobison Scherr and Anoushka William.