Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Scott Gordon is the leader of Kirkland’s Derivatives Practice Group and a member of the Structured Finance & Structured Private Credit Practice Group. Scott is a leading counsel to end-users, representing clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to many of the world’s preeminent private equity funds and their portfolio companies in connection with structuring, negotiating and documenting interest rate, currency, commodity, credit and equity derivative transactions. Scott also advises clients on derivatives regulation and derivatives issues in M&A, restructuring and securitization matters and acts as lead counsel in securitization offerings.

Scott is also a senior member of Kirkland’s Structured Finance & Structured Private Credit Practice Group, where he acts as lead counsel in securitization transactions, with a focus on timeshare loans and esoteric assets, and handles matters relating to collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and collateralized fund obligation (CFO) transactions.

Fordham University School of Law, J.D.; Simon Business School, M.B.A. (Finance); University of Rochester, B.A., cum laude (Economics).