incredibly talented and excellent to work with . . . the person I turn to when I have a tough issue."- Chambers USA, 2021Michael Woronoff is a retired partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He represented clients in their most sophisticated public and private M&A transactions, debt and equity financings, in- and out-of-court restructurings, and other corporate and securities law matters, including SEC reporting obligations, corporate governance and strategic alliances.Chambers described Michael as "pragmatic and results oriented" and "100% focused on providing exceptional service," and reported clients described him as "amazing," and "incredibly sharp, immediately intuitive and a great problem solver." Michael was recognized by Chambers USA for 19 consecutive years, and in 2025 was ranked as "Senior Statespeople" for Corporate/M&A and Private Equity in California. A client interviewed by The Legal 500 referred to him as "literally one of the best attorneys with whom I have ever worked." Lawdragon noted that "there are few deals Woronoff can't do."The Daily Journal named him nine times as one of the top 100 lawyers in California. Lexology twice gave him its M&A (California) Client Choice Award. In 2019, the Los Angeles Business Journal named him one of the "Most Influential Private Equity Advisors."Best Lawyers named him "Lawyer of the Year" twice: in 2016 for Corporate Law (Los Angeles) and in 2025 for M&A Law (Los Angeles).Michael is a member of the board of directors of Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE: ARE), which owns, operates and develops life science and technology campuses. He has also served on the boards of directors of several private companies, including AccessDNA, TransDimension and u-Nav Microelectronics. Earlier in his career, Michael was a founding principal of Shelter Capital Partners, a private equity fund that invested in technology and technology-enabled businesses at all stages of development.Michael serves on the Board of Trustees of Commentary Magazine, Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Board of Trustees (and Chair of the Finance Committee) of the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation, the Dean's Advisory Council of the Daniels School of Business at Purdue University and the advisory board of the innovative Purdue Global Law School (the nation's first fully online law school). He is also an adjunct at the UCLA School of Law, where he developed and teaches the popular course "Venture Capital and the Start-up Company."LessMore