Kirkland & Ellis

Corporate

Partner

Jesse Sheley is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis. Jesse focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions where he represents private equity firms and public and private companies, including SPACs and their targets, in a variety of public and private cross-border transactions. Jesse’s transactional practice spans the range of M&A activity, including LBOs, de-SPACs, take private transactions, PIPEs, equity investments and other complex cross-border transactions.

Jesse has been recognized as a key individual in private equity by Chambers Asia Pacific and as “Highly Regarded” in M&A and Private Equity by IFLR1000. In 2015, Law360 selected Jesse as one of five Private Equity “Rising Stars” in its list of top attorneys under 40.

English, Mandarin (conversational)

Indiana University (JD, 2003; MPA, 2003; BA, 1999)