Christopher Palmer > Kirkland & Ellis LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Offices
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Christopher Palmer
Position
Chris Palmer is an investment funds partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. For more than 30 years, Chris has worked with funds, fund sponsors and investment advisers on the creation and operation of a wide range on registered funds, including open-end funds, closed-end funds, interval funds and exchange-traded funds. He advises fund independent directors on legal, governance and industry practice issues. Chris also represents insurance companies on the design, regulatory approval and operation of registered and unregistered life and annuity products and unregistered funds and products used in the retirement marketplace. He advises clients on regulatory, compliance and examination issues for funds, fund directors, advisers and insurance companies.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
(Leading lawyers)Leading asset managers and alternative sponsors entering the retail market recognize Kirkland & Ellis LLP‘s growing practice in the registered funds and BDC space, the latter being a particularly strong suit for the firm. Nicole Runyan leads the New York-based team, working with the team’s major clients including 26North, Apollo and Blue Owl. The team grew significantly in February of 2024, when Goodwin’s entire registered funds team joined the firm, namely Paul Delligatti, Christopher Palmer and Jason Monfort, all of whom substantially bolster the firms offering in the areas of open-end and closed-end funds, exchange traded funds, interval funds and BDCs as well as Andrew Zutz and Nicole Griffin, who handle regulatory, compliance and governance issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds United States > Investment fund formation and management
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+)
- 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
- 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
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- 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
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Government > State attorneys general
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism