Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2023 
Garrett Lorentz is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he concentrates on complex business transactions for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as public and private companies, with a focus on structuring, negotiating and managing leveraged buyouts, strategic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, recapitalizations, executive compensation and incentive equity arrangements and capital investments, ranging in size from a few million to over a billion dollars. Additionally, Garrett acts as outside counsel to many privately held companies (including the portfolio companies of his private equity clients).
Garrett’s experience spans a range of industries, including software, technology, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and business and in-home services. Garrett has handled matters for numerous clients, including Accel-KKR, Alpine Investors, Audax, Francisco Partners, GTCR, H.I.G. Capital, Keystone Capital, Olympus Partners, Thoma Bravo, as well as many of their portfolio companies.
