R. Scott Falk

Scott Falk is a partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis, focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings for public company clients. His broad base of experience includes negotiated mergers, tender and exchange offers, joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures of subsidiaries and divisions of public companies, private placements and public offerings of securities and securities law counseling. Scott has also structured and negotiated numerous cross-border investments and acquisitions, both in-bound and out-bound.

Representative Matters

Wide variety of tender offers and mergers; joint ventures; subsidiary and divisional divestitures and acquisitions; securities offerings; equity investments; global partnering arrangements; and private and registered financings for numerous public company clients.

Memberships & Affiliations

American Red Cross of Greater Chicago: Chairman of the Board
Chicago Humanities Festival: Board Member

Other Distinctions

Professional Recognition:

• America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers USA, 2004-2013
• Selected as a Top 100 Leading Business Lawyer in Illinois by Leading Lawyers Network, 2012
• Best Lawyers in America, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance & Compliance Law, 2007-2012
• The Legal 500 U.S., Mergers & Acquisitions, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
• The International Who's Who of Mergers & Acquisition Lawyers, 2007-2012
• Selected as One of Chicago's Top 10 M&A Lawyers, Chicago Lawyer, January 2005

Publication

Review of "Representing the Corporate Client: Designs for Quality," 47 The Business Lawyer 1739 (1992).