Lindsay Trapp is a partner in Kirkland’s New York office and a co-head of the Structured Capital & Insurance Solutions team. Her practice focuses on complex credit fund formation and insurance solutions for global private fund sponsors, handling fund structuring, compliance and distribution matters. She has extensive experience in rated funds and other structures for capital-efficient insurance investing; structuring funds for tax-efficient global fundraising; captive CLO equity funds with EU risk retention compliant manager originators; levered private funds utilizing captive CLOs; collateralized fund obligations (CFOs); evergreen illiquid asset funds; liquid multicredit funds; and funds of closed-end funds.

Lindsay is frequently quoted by industry press including Ignites Europe and Creditflux, where she has been quoted about matters affecting rated funds, insurance investors, private funds, CLOs and their managers in the U.S. and Ireland. Most recently, Lindsay was recognized by Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch in 2026. She was recognized as a Rising Star Partner in IFLR1000 in the area of private equity funds in 2024 and 2025.