Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Tana Ryan is a mergers & acquisitions partner in Kirkland’s Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on highly structured and complex transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, recapitalizations and financings. Demonstrating the breadth of her practice, Ryan has served as the lead M&A attorney in the complex carveout sale of J.C. Penney’s operating business to Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management as part of J.C. Penney’s restructuring, which was one of the largest restructurings of 2020, and also counseled Oaktree Capital and Array Technologies in the largest renewable IPO in history. Ryan’s clients not only look to her for legal advice, but as a key business and strategic advisor as well. Ryan also applies her strategic vision to the recruiting and professional development of Kirkland’s attorneys. She serves as co-chair of the LGBT Subcommittee of the Firmwide Diversity Committee and a member of the Firmwide Pro Bono Management Committee.
