Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Linda Myers is a senior leader in Kirkland’s Debt Finance Practice Group and served on the Firm’s Executive Committee from 2010-2020. She counsels private equity sponsors and companies in connection with leveraged buyout financings for acquisitions, working capital facilities, CP backup facilities, refinancings and other commercial banking matters. She also represents lenders in distressed transactions, acquisition financing and refinancings, and counsels debtors navigating through bankruptcy.

Linda has promoted diversity and inclusion, at Kirkland and across the profession, throughout her career, and served on the board of The Chicago Network, a preeminent organization of Chicago’s leading professional women. Linda also enthusiastically supports professional, educational, civic and cultural organizations. She serves on the boards of the National Philanthropic Trust, Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Linda also sits on the board of St. Ignatius College Prep, a Jesuit Chicago high school and is a member of the Parents Council to the Chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis. She also serves on the advisory board of private equity firm Kinzie Capital Partners as well as Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROCK).

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.; University of Wisconsin - Madison, B.A.