Kirkland & Ellis

Debt Finance

Partner

Jacqueline Zheng is a partner in the debt finance team in the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis. Jacqueline has over 15 years’ experience advising private equity sponsors, credit funds and other strategic investors on complex cross-border acquisition financing, back leverage, margin loans, convertible instruments, structured financing and special situations transactions across the Asia Pacific region. Jacqueline has been named a “Leading Individual” in Banking & Finance by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020–2023. She has been recognized by Chambers Greater China 2023 and Chambers Global 2023 as a “Leading Lawyer” in Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, and by IFLR1000 2020–2023 as a “Highly Regarded” and “Women Leaders” in Banking. She was also named as “Banking & Finance Lawyer of the Year” by 2022 Euromoney APAC Women in Business Law Awards.

English, Mandarin, Shanghai Dialect

City University of Hong Kong, PCLL, 2007

University of New South Wales, LL.B.; B.Com., Finance, 2006