Katherine joined the MDP legal team in 2022 as Director, Associate General Counsel & Compliance Officer. Prior to joining MDP, she was a partner in Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s corporate transactional group, where she advised clients in a variety of complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and growth equity investments, leveraged buyouts, take private acquisitions, recapitalizations, executive compensation and equity arrangements, private financings and general corporate counseling. Katherine is responsible for handling legal and compliance issues relating to MDP’s funds and limited partners, potential investments, portfolio companies and corporate counsel matters.