Kayla O'Brien
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Kayla O'Brien

Associate

Kayla's practice focuses on structured financings, project development, and acquisition matters across the energy, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors.
Kayla advises a broad spectrum of clients on complex transactions both domestically and internationally. Her global clientele includes lenders, sponsors, borrowers, financial institutions, and other project participants.

Expertise

Industries

Published Work

Kayla M. O'Brien, Health is Wealth: Strengthening Plaintiffs’ Ability to Confer Standing in Health Information Data Breach Cases, 74 Emory L. J. 963 (2025)

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-law, State of New York, US, 2026

Academic

JD with Honors, Emory University School of Law, 2025

BA, Wesleyan University, 2019

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.