Mr Jeffrey Willian > Kirkland & Ellis LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Offices
300 NORTH LASALLE
CHICAGO, IL 60654
United States
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Mr Jeffrey Willian
Position
Jeffrey Willian is a senior litigation partner with Kirkland & Ellis LLP. As lead trial attorney, he has obtained many nationally recognized results in forums throughout the country. His practice focuses on complex financial disputes, securities, corporate governance, frauds, engineering and construction failures, and real estate-related matters. As noted below, Jeff’s efforts have resulted in billions of dollars in favorable awards and savings for his clients.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
The ‘experience, trial savvy and strategic planning provided by the team‘ at Kirkland & Ellis LLP is ‘unmatched by any other‘. James Nowacki, Elizabeth Hess and Jeffrey Willian ‘stand out‘ at partner level. Nowacki recently advised the Shakespeare Theater on the construction aspects of the new development of a theater on Chicago’s Navy Pier. The team, which includes associate trio Josh Mahoney, William O’Hara and Michael Maione, negotiated and drafted various contracts and represented the client in litigation against the project architect over alleged design deficiencies. Willian has been advising Berger Group Holdings on the legal implications of the high-profile Florida International University bridge collapse, including multimillion-dollar claims filed by decedents and injured persons. He has also been acting for CF Industries in connection with cost overrun on five separate fertilizer plants designed and constructed by the client. Named attorneys are based in the firm’s Chicago office.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Industry focus > Energy: transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus > Energy: transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Industry focus > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: conventional power
- Tax > International tax
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: conventional power
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class actions: toxic tort - defense
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: debt
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation - defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class actions: consumer products (including tobacco) - defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class actions: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > International trade
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class actions: automotive/transport - defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Project finance