Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Commercial Lending

Michelle Kilkenney is a corporate partner in Kirkland's Chicago office and an active committee member and Chicago office Pro Bono Coordinator, of the Firm’s award-winning pro bono program. Michelle focuses her practice on debt financing transactions and represents private equity groups, commercial lending institutions and other private and public companies in connection with the negotiation, structuring and documentation of secured and unsecured financing transactions for both borrowers and lenders, including senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt transactions, acquisition financings, and loan workouts and restructurings, including debtor-in-possession financings.

American Bar Association

Illinois Bar

Member of the City Year Chicago Board

Member of the Chicago Corporate Advisory Board and Board of Cradles to Crayons

Member of the Ohio Wesleyan University Board of Trustees

Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers

Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D., with honors, 2002; Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., summa cum laude, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1999.