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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP Offices

30 ST MARY AXE
LONDON
EC3A 8AF
England
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Alasdair Balfour

Work Department
Antitrust and Competition
Position
Alasdair Balfour is an antitrust and regulatory partner in Kirkland’s London office. His practice covers all aspects of antitrust, foreign investment and national security and regulatory law, with a particular emphasis on securing approvals for transactions.
Career
2022 to present Kirkland & Ellis & Ellis International LLP; 2013-2022 Allen & Overy; 2010-2013 Fried Frank
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
Characterised as the ‘best team in the market to coordinate complex multijurisdictional FDI notifications’, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is well-versed in the full gamut of competition law matters, routinely instructing blue-chip clients hailing from the natural resources, TMT and financial services sectors. Practice head Alasdair Balfour handles the full spectrum of antitrust, foreign investment and national security and regulatory law, focusing especially on securing approvals for transactions. Sally Evans, a dual-qualified (English and Belgian) practitioner, has a particular strength in UK merger control, having played a lead role in several successful CMA remedy cases. Satyen Dhana joined the team from Simmons & Simmons. Former practice head Paula Riedel has retired.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > TMT
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium