Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Stephen Tomlinson’s practice focuses on business transactions in the real estate and hospitality industries for real estate private equity sponsors, sovereign and other non-U.S. investors and real estate operating companies engaged in acquisitions and dispositions, operating company and multi-investor fund formations and investments.

Steve is one of the partners leading Kirkland’s initiatives in the area of Opportunity Zone investing and is currently devoting substantial time to structuring and executing investment vehicles intended to capture Opportunity Zone benefits for investors across a variety of real estate, infrastructure and operating business strategies.

Chair, Real Estate Funds Committee of the ABA Real Property Division, 2004/2005.

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1984; University of Michigan, A.B., economics and philosophy, magna cum laude, 1981. Admitted to the New York and Illinois Bars.