Amala Ejikeme > Kirkland & Ellis International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP Offices
30 ST MARY AXE
LONDON
EC3A 8AF
England
Amala Ejikeme
Work Department
Investment Funds
Position
Amala Ejikeme is a partner in the Investment Funds Group at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and focuses on advising European and global sponsors on the establishment of private funds pursuing a wide variety of investment strategies (including buyout, credit, growth, impact, infrastructure, real estate and venture).
Amala has advised sponsors on traditional private equity fund structures, as well as structures incorporating long-dated, evergreen, open-ended, multiple currency, and levered/unlevered arrangements. He routinely advises clients on the formation of separately managed accounts, co-investments, as well as on management company issues and carried interest arrangements. He has also advised on strategic firm transactions and extraordinary events, such as investor default and founder separations.
Career
2016 to present Kirkland & Ellis International LLP; 2011-2014 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; 2008-2011 Allen & Overy
Education
College of Law, London (Legal Practice Course 2008); London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.B. First Class Hons. 2007)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
(Leading partners)Kirkland & Ellis International LLP houses a market-leading fund formation practice which, in recent months, has represented and closed various funds, involving billions of dollars in capital commitments. The team’s strength and depth allow it to advise on the full spectrum of issues concerning private funds and have granted it a pre-eminent position in the secondary market. Co-chair Richard Watkins acts as relationship partner to some of the firm’s most significant clients and takes active roles in their major transactions. Fellow co-chair Christopher Braunack is regularly instructed by top sponsors to help facilitate a number of critical formations. Theodore Cardos is a prolific secondary solutions lawyer, regularly advising on multi-billion dollar transactions. Anand Damodaran advises on numerous high-profile fund formations, fundraisings, and closures; Amala Ejikeme advises global sponsors on fund formations employing a litany of investment strategies; and Andrew Shore focuses on the structuring and establishment of private funds. Head of the liquidity solutions practice, Aleksander Bakic boasts a deep understanding of secondary transactions. Amy Fox is capable in matters involving alternative asset classes, such as separate account arrangements and co-investments.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Private funds London > Investment fund formation and management
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