H.T. Flanagan Joins Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis announced Thursday that H.T. Flanagan has joined the firm as a partner in its debt finance Group. He arrives from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he has been since June 2023.

He will work primarily in Kirkland’s Dallas office, while also spending significant time in the firm’s New York office. He is licensed to practice in Texas and New York.

Flanagan earned his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. He has roots in Dallas where he graduated from Cistercian Preparatory School.

“H.T.’s deep private credit experience will bolster our leading liability management and opportunistic credit practices,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We’re excited to welcome him to the Firm.”

With 300 lawyers dedicated to debt finance, Kirkland has one of the largest such practices in the world.

“Having worked across from the Firm many times, I’ve seen first-hand the depth of talent, collaboration and experience that Kirkland brings to every matter,” said Flanagan. “I am beyond excited to join this world-class debt finance team and to add my diverse private capital experience advising private credit funds and opportunistic asset managers to Kirkland’s market-leading credit opportunities and liability management practices.”

Flanagan advises private credit funds, alternative lenders and other investors in traditional private credit financings: direct originations, secondary market opportunities, complex intercreditor issues and novel structured capital investments. Flanagan also advises private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a range of borrower-side leveraged finance transactions and has extensive experience representing private capital clients in connection with acquisition financings, liability management transactions, debtor-in-possession financings, hybrid capital instruments and special situations investments.