Kirkland & Ellis announced today that Rachel Sheridan, one of the country’s leading capital markets lawyers, has joined the Firm as a partner.

“Rachel is widely recognized as one of the leading capital markets attorneys in Big Law. She’s an exceptionally talented lawyer with deep experience in sophisticated debt, equity and distressed capital markets transactions. We could not be more excited to have a lawyer of Rachel’s caliber join our Firm,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee.

Ms. Sheridan focuses her practice on capital markets transactions, representing private equity funds and their portfolio companies, issuers, investment banks and public companies in a wide range of matters. She has extensive experience with public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, as well as buyout, liability management, restructuring and SPAC transactions.

Ms. Sheridan has been recognized as a leading lawyer for capital markets by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 U.S.

“I am thrilled to join Kirkland,” said Ms. Sheridan. “Kirkland presented an incredible opportunity to join a top capital markets team on the most formidable platform around, and I’m ready to get to work with my new colleagues and contribute to the further growth of the capital markets practice.”

Ms. Sheridan joins Kirkland from the Washington, D.C., and New York offices of Latham & Watkins, where she was a partner.