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Ms Leslie Smith

+1 312-862-2141 leslie.smith@kirkland.com

Position

Leslie Smith is a litigation partner and was a long-time member of the Firm’s Global Management Committee. She concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial, class action and product liability litigation. In 2017 she was selected to the Crain’s Chicago Business “Most Influential Women Lawyers in Chicago” list.

Memberships

Keystone board member, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab; board member, executive committee and secretary, Metropolitan Family Services; board member, Legal Aid Society.

Education

Georgetown University, BA, 1984. Georgetown University Law Center, JD, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1987.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• International Trade > CFIUS
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Government > Government relations
• Intellectual property > Copyright
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Tax > International tax
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
• Finance > Project finance
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Government > State attorneys general
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
• Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds