Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Bob Allen is a partner in Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Litigation and Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations practice groups. His practice focuses on representing corporations and executives in regulatory and criminal investigations, internal investigations, corporate governance matters and complex litigation. He has represented some of the largest companies and many senior executives in their most significant matters, achieving successful resolutions and victories. Clients have called him “absolutely fantastic,” “thoughtful” and “incredibly intelligent” per Chambers & Partners (2025).

Before joining Kirkland, Bob served in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. As a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Taskforce, Bob investigated and prosecuted securities fraud, accounting fraud, insider trading and other white-collar cases along with partners at the SEC, CFTC and elsewhere. During his tenure as a prosecutor, Bob tried seven cases to a verdict, winning convictions in every instance, and successfully argued many appeals before the Second Circuit.

Bob has been recognized by Chambers USA, The Legal 500 U.S., Benchmark Litigation and earlier in his career by Law360 as a “Rising Star.”

Bob graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Law Review and a recipient of the Sears Prize for having the highest first-year grades. Bob clerked for the Honorable Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court and the Honorable Michael Boudin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Bob has served as a guest lecturer on white collar matters at several law schools writes and regularly speaks and writes on similar matters.