Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Rachel’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of complex business transactions including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and leveraged buyouts, as well as joint ventures, recapitalizations, and debt and equity restructurings. She has worked on numerous private equity, LBO, and merger and acquisition transactions ranging from several million dollars to several billion dollars for clients including: Madison Dearborn Partners, Audax Group, Wind Point Partners, Levine Leichtman and Accel KKR.

Rachel currently serves as the Chair of the Planning Committee for the University of Chicago Federal Tax Conference. She was named to “Chicago’s Notable Women in Law” list by Crain’s Chicago Business in 2020 and one of The Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law from 2013–2020.

University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with Honors; Comment Editor, University of Chicago Law Review; Yale University, B.S., Computer Science, cum laude.