Avocats – United States

Chuck Griggers

Partner

Thomas Horstemeyer LLP

Chuck Klein

Winston Taylor

Chuck Stevens

Chuck Stevens is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group. His practice focuses on the representation of corporate clients in government investigations, internal investigations, and enforcement actions regarding business crimes and civil frauds, including healthcare, government contract, and corporate fraud.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Chung Wei

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Ciara Baker

Partner

WilmerHale

Ciara Foster

Ciara Foster is a restructuring partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Ciara was recently selected by Turnarounds & Workouts as an “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer” in 2026. The Legal 500 United States named Ciara a “Next Generation Partner” in the 2024 and 2025 editions for Restructuring: Corporate and a “Rising Star” in the 2023 edition. Ciara was also named 2024 “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Cindy Brazell

Partner

Holland & Knight

Cindy Caillavet Sinclair

Cindy Caillavet Sinclair is a partner in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins. Cindy represents borrowers, private equity firms, and commercial and investment banks in leveraged finance transactions, including: Acquisition financings Large cap and middle market cash flow and asset-based lending facilities Reserve-based lending facilities Debtor-in-possession facilities and exit facilities Cindy is a former member of the firm’s Women Enriching Business Committee.

Latham & Watkins

Cindy Caranella Kelly

Commercial Litigation; Complex Financial Products Litigation; Plaintiffs' Litigation; Securities Litigation

Kasowitz LLP

Cindy Kaneko

Associate - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Cindy Kennedy

Of Counsel - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Cindy Lee

Cindy Lee advises clients on a broad range of transactions across the venture capital and emerging growth life cycle. Cindy draws on extensive in-house experience to guide venture capital firms, private and public companies, and institutions on: Public and private financing transactions in the US and Europe General corporate matters, including governance matters Mergers and acquisitions IPOs and other capital markets transactions Cindy also regularly helps emerging companies navigate sophisticated operational and governance issues as they scale, including international expansions and regulatory matters. Before joining Latham, Cindy served as general counsel at Sequoia Capital, a leading venture capital firm, where she was responsible for the firm’s investment transactions in private and public companies, as well as third party funds, complex portfolio company matters, fund formation matters, and day-to-day legal operations across the US and Europe. She previously worked at another global law firm, where she represented venture capital and early-stage company clients in corporate and financing transactions. Earlier in her career, she externed for Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Latham & Watkins

Cindy Mann

Partner

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Cindy Muller

Partner

Jones Walker LLP

Cindy Sobel

Bartlit Beck LLP

Cisco Palao-Ricketts

Partner

Goodwin

Claire Campbell

Claire Campbell is a corporate partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Claire’s practice focuses on representing private equity funds in all stages of fund activity, with a primary focus on equity investments and related portfolio management, including fund formation matters and co-investments. She has extensive experience in negotiating mergers and acquisitions and structured equity investments for private equity clients in multiple jurisdictions, as well as managing the material legal issues that arise with respect to a target post-acquisition through exit. Claire regularly manages investments from inception to acquisition to exit, including LOIs, deal negotiations, definitive documentation, structuring, funds considerations, co-investment negotiation, employment issues and portfolio level litigation. She also advises with respect to funds issues including cross-fund matters, allocations, concentration management and investment structuring for targets involving multiple funds.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Claire Castles

Partner

Jones Day

Claire DeLelle

Partner

White & Case LLP

Claire Hall

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Claire James

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Claire Johnson

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Claire Trottier

Associate - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Claire Watson

Counsel

White & Case LLP