
Corporate M&A
Private Equity
James Brownstein is a corporate partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, based in the Los Angeles and Bay Area offices. With extensive experience in private equity, James advises sponsors on complex business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, and recapitalizations. He also provides counsel to private equity-backed companies on add-on acquisitions and corporate governance matters. James has represented notable clients such as Alpine Investors and Francisco Partners in significant investment deals. He holds an LL.M. in Corporate Law from New York University School of Law and a B.Com. and LL.B. with Honours from the University of Melbourne.

- VitalEdge Technologies acquired the target/assets from not available in a acquisition on not available. - Deal value was 3500000000 Sector: Technology; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, not available advised, led by James Brownstein, Neil Tiwari, Saabhir Gill, Sean Kramer, Devin Heckman, Zak Morozov, Anthony Ji, Martin Schwertmann.
Sep 11 2025
4B
Private Equity

Partner
2025 – Unknown
Partner
2022 – 2024
Partner
2021 – 2022
Associate
2019 – 2021

Partner

- Cogenuity Partners acquired the target/assets from EverLine in a Private Equity transaction on not available. - Deal value was 1300000000 Sector: Industrial Services; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, counsel was not available, led by Hamed Meshki, Luke Guerra, James Brownstein, Anne Kim, Brian Ford, Shawn Bagdasarian.
Sep 02 2025
1B
Private Equity
2024 – 2025
Senior Associate
2018 – 2019
Senior Associate (Corporate / M&A)
2017 – 2018
Associate (Corporate / M&A)
2016 – 2017
Lawyer (Corporate / M&A)
2015 – 2016
Lawyer (Corporate / M&A)
2013 – 2014
Law Graduate
2012 – 2013