MICHELE CUMPSTON
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Afierce advocate for her clients and respected negotiator among her peers, Michele Cumpston is a partner in Kirkland & Ellis’ Los Angeles office. She focuses her practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate governance. She represents buyers, sellers, private equity funds and their portfolio companies and financial institutions in a variety of complex M&A transactions, including leveraged buyouts, going private transactions, divestitures, restructurings, recapitalizations, minority investments, business combinations and equity incentive arrangements.
Cumpston’s clients are some of the biggest names in private equity, including Francisco Partners, Oaktree Capital Management and H.I.G. Capital. In the past 18 months, she has led or played a significant role in deals with an aggregate value exceeding $15 billion.
