Jeremy Kenley Bio

Jeremy Kenley is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. Jeremy has broad experience advising clients in the UK, across Europe and Asia on a wide range of corporate matters, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, disposals, fund formation, leveraged buy-outs and joint ventures. Jeremy has a particular focus on all aspects of real estate private equity, including the formation of real estate private equity and debt funds, as well as related real estate and debt acquisitions, real estate mergers and acquisitions, real estate joint ventures and co-investment deals and structures, having advised clients on numerous high profile, cross-border, complex transactions in these areas. Jeremy is ranked as highly regarded in IFLR1000 2022 for M&A, Real Estate Acquisitions and Real Estate Funds. He is also recognised in The Legal 500 UK 2023 for M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, Private Equity: transactions – high-value deals and for Real Estate sections – Commercial Property: Investments and Property Finance. Jeremy was also recognized in Lawdragon's 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers in 2024. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jeremy practised at Mayer Brown International, LLP and served as the global co-leader of its Corporate & Securities group from 2014 to 2017. Between 2006 and 2012 Jeremy was the European General Counsel for Citi Property Investors and subsequently the Global Real Estate Counsel for Apollo Global Management. Jeremy is also admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong, as well as England & Wales, and spent three years practising law in Hong Kong.