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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
MAXIMILIANSTRASSE 11
80539 MUNICH
Germany

Work Department

Private Equity/M&A

Position

Ben Leyendecker is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He focuses on M&A and private equity transactions and has wide ranging experience in sponsored and strategic taking private transactions and corporate reorganizations.

Career

Admitted as Attorney-at-law in New York, USA; admitted in Germany; Hengeler Mueller, Munich and Düsseldorf, Germany, associate; Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Munich, Germany, partner.

Languages

German, English

Education

University of Konstanz, Germany (First State Examination); New York University, School of Law, USA (LL.M.); Heidelberg University, Germany (Dr. jur.); Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, Germany (Second State Examination); University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (1st Certificate EMBA).

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Private equity > Transactions

(Leading individuals)

Benjamin LeyendeckerKirkland & Ellis International LLP

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP supports European and US financial investors, including private equity and real estate funds as well as sovereign wealth and pension funds, in national and cross-border transactions in the large-cap sector; the support in the mid-cap segment as well as sponsored public-to-private transactions are recent growth areas. Among the key contacts are Benjamin Leyendecker, who advises financial investors and strategists on taking-private transactions and corporate restructuring, Attila Oldag (PE, M&A, capital markets law) and Philip Goj, who advises strategists and investors on PE and M&A transactions as well as public takeovers.