Bio

Kiran Kadekar is a partner in the Corporate Group in New York. He represents family offices, private equity firms, hedge funds, global financial institutions and life sciences, industrial, energy and technology companies in connection with public and private domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, restructurings, joint venture formations and corporate governance. He has also provided advice in connection with the design of digital assets and the formation of digital asset-focused alternative investment vehicles. Formerly the General Counsel of McCourt Global LLC and Unfinished LLC, where he provided legal guidance across the businesses and oversaw strategy for complex transactions, Kiran has considerable experience advising family offices on transactions and corporate governance issues. While at McCourt Global LLC and Unfinished LLC, he advised on private multi-party cross-border M&A transactions, existing and potential joint ventures in the U.S., Europe and Asia; U.S. and European real estate transactions; U.S. and European private financing transactions; various cross-border litigation matters; and complex international intellectual property matters. Prior to joining McCourt Global LLC and Unfinished LLC, Kiran spent 10 years as a corporate attorney in the New York and Paris offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Before joining Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Kiran was a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. He holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, a master’s degree from Sciences Po in Paris, and a B.S. from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Kiran also speaks French and has extensive experience advising both U.S. and European clients on cross-border M&A transactions.