Kim Hicks Bio

Kim Hicks is a founding partner of the Austin office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Kim’s practice primarily focuses on public and private company mergers and acquisitions, take-private transactions, joint ventures and private equity investments. She has extensive experience advising major public companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies in complex M&A transactions across a broad range of industries with a particular focus on energy, technology, infrastructure and digital infrastructure. Kim also regularly counsels public company clients on general corporate and governance matters. Kim is recognized as a leading lawyer for Corporate/M&A (Texas: Austin & Surrounds) in 2024–2025 and was ranked as “Up and Coming” for Corporate/M&A in Texas in 2021–2023 by Chambers USA. She was also named a 2023 “Rising Star” by Texas Lawyer, listed among Kayo Conference’s “Top 21 in 21: Women in Infrastructure” in 2021, named a “Top Woman in Dealmaking” for Private Equity by The Deal and as “Energy, Power & Utilities Dealmaker of the Year” by The Deal Awards Middle Market in 2019. Kim is also recognized as a leading lawyer for M&A in the U.S. by IFLR1000 for 2019–2024.