Ms. Elizabeth J. Kirk
Partner
White & Case LLP
Elizabeth Kirk is a partner in the Firm’s Debt Finance practice based in New York. She advises financial institutions, private credit providers, sponsors and borrowers on a wide range of financing matters, with a particular focus on cross-border and acquisition and leveraged finance transactions. Clients value her extensive experience in the energy, infrastructure and maritime sectors and knowledge of sophisticated financing structures, including term loan B, project financing and multi-source transactions. Elizabeth has also advised on several high-profile restructuring matters in the US and Europe.
Elizabeth spent more than a year on secondment with the Firm’s EMEA Debt Finance team in London and eight months on secondment to the Global Loans Syndication team in the Shipping, Offshore & Oil Services group at Nordea Bank in Oslo and London.
Elizabeth contributed to ICLG’s Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2026, with Chapter 3 titled “Riding the Wave – Decarbonization and ESG in the Shipping Industry,” which explores the evolving landscape of ESG initiatives within the global shipping sector, focused on the industry’s transition toward decarbonization.
In addition to her practice, Elizabeth leads the firm’s Innovation Committee and Technology Committee.
