In Memoriam
October 17, 1963 – May 17, 2019
Co-Chair, Hot Topics in Mergers and Acquisitions, 2006 – 2019

Scott Falk was a partner in Kirkland’s Chicago office, focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings for public company clients. In his almost 30 years at Kirkland, he served many Fortune 500 clients including Aon, Baxter, Boeing, Dow Chemical, John Deere, Molson Coors and Tenneco in M&A and corporate governance work. But beyond the work itself, Scott dedicated himself to the support and education of other M&A lawyers and played an active role internally in running the M&A Forums and Roundtables, and externally co-chairing, teaching classes and leading panels with the Practicing Law Institute, the Garrett Corporate and Securities Law Institute and the Securities Regulation Institute.

Scott served as Chairman of the National Philanthropic Board of the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., Chairman of the Board of the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Humanities Festival. He received numerous accolades over the years, having been listed in Chambers as a leading lawyer for over a decade, and was well-recognized among his partners as being one of Kirkland’s star public company M&A attorneys.

Scott earned his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1989 and his A.B. magna cum laude in Government from Harvard College in 1985.

We will miss his wisdom, collegiality and kindness.