Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Michael Woronoff is a leading member of Kirkland’s transactional practice. He represents clients in complex private equity, M&A and restructuring transactions, as well as debt and equity financings. Clients also look to him for advice with respect to various other corporate and securities law matters, including SEC reporting, corporate governance and strategic alliances. In 2020, the Daily Journal named Michael (for the eighth time) one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in California.” He has twice been awarded Lexology’s Client Choice Award in the category of M&A (California). In 2019, he was named one of the “Most Influential Private Equity Advisors” by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Clients describe him as “very pragmatic and results oriented,” “100% focused on providing exceptional service,” and “literally one of the best attorneys with whom I have ever worked.”

Board of directors, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE: ARE); Board of Trustees, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation; Board of Advisors, Purdue Global’s Law School; Adjunct professor, UCLA School of Law

JD, University of Michigan Law School, 1985; BSIM, MSIA, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 1982.