Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that capital markets lawyer Marwa Elborai will join the Firm as a partner. “Marwa is one of the most well-known and leading high-yield lawyers in the European market,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We look forward to her joining our top tier London capital markets team.” Ms. Elborai is U.S.-qualified and focuses her practice on high-yield bonds, complex corporate financings and leveraged finance transactions. She advises corporate, private equity, credit fund and financial institution clients across multiple jurisdictions. With a focus on U.S. federal securities law, she also advises on general debt and equity capital markets transactions and debt restructurings. Ms. Elborai earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a law degree from Columbia Law School. With nearly 200 attorneys around the globe, Kirkland’s market-leading capital markets practice helps clients navigate key life-cycle inflection points and guide transformative transactions at every stage. The group services issuers, private equity investors and underwriters in a wide variety of financing transactions across the entire capital structure and spectrum of private and public companies.