Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Corporate / Capital Markets

Dr. Anna Schwander is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She advises clients on all aspects of corporate law and focuses in particular on capital markets transactions and general capital market advice as well as foreign trade law. Anna advises issuers and financial sponsors on capital markets transactions including IPOs, right offerings, private placements and block trades, as well as the issuance of high yield bonds and convertible bonds. She also advises corporations and their bodies on general capital market and stock corporation law. Furthermore, Anna is a member of our International Trade and National Security practice group and advises companies and financial investors on cross border transactions as well as public takeovers with regard to foreign trade law.

Admitted in Germany 2002; Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Milan, Italy, associate 2002-2004; Hengeler Mueller, Munich and Düsseldorf, Germany, associate 2004-2013, counsel 2013-2016; Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Munich, Germany, partner 2016 to present.

German, English, French

University of Cologne, Germany (First State Examination 1997); New York University, School of Law, USA (LL.M. 1999); University of Cologne, Germany (Dr. jur. 2002); Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Germany (Second State Examination 2002).