News About Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Hogan Lovells guide $5.1bn auto parts deal

Combination of Ohio-based Dana with Eaton’s mobility business promises to create a more comprehensive supplier serving commercial- and light-vehicle markets

11 Jun 2026

Kirkland co-builds AI platform with tech firm Palantir

World’s largest law firm has co-developed AI technology to support its private equity clients with fundraising

8 Jun 2026

Cooley expands infrastructure, energy and real estate group with twin partner hire from Kirkland

Kevin Donahue and Jacob Clark join group that was launched in May amid data centre investment boom

3 Jun 2026

Kirkland hires from three firms for Tokyo launch

M&A and debt finance trio join from MoFo, White & Case and Ropes for Chicago giant’s first Asian office outside Greater China

1 Jun 2026

Kirkland to invest $500m building own AI platform

Chicago giant flexes financial muscle to develop proprietary AI products

29 May 2026

Kirkland, McGuireWoods called in for NextEra’s $67bn Dominion acquisition

One of the largest energy mergers aims to meet surging AI-driven data centre electricity demand

19 May 2026

Kirkland recruits antitrust partner quartet from Cleary across Brussels and London

Top-ranked EU competition lawyer Robbert Snelders among those moving over

18 May 2026

Kirkland, Skadden, Freshfields guide €29.4bn deal for Germany’s TK Elevator

Finnish firms Hannes Snellman and Roschier also score roles in deal that marks one of Europe’s largest takeovers in recent years

29 Apr 2026

Kirkland lures top City dealmaker from Paul Weiss

Will Aitken-Davies joined Paul Weiss as head of European M&A in 2023 as part of US firm's headline-grabbing London buildout

29 Apr 2026

Kirkland recruits Wachtell’s restructuring and finance head in New York

Joshua Feltman joins with an $80m pay package over three years, according to the Financial Times

22 Apr 2026

Simpson Thacher raids Kirkland again to build out capital structure solutions practice

Brian Schartz and John Luze take the number of partners joining the practice from Kirkland to five

26 Mar 2026

Life sciences partner hiring accelerates in key markets

Kirkland & Ellis, Morgan Lewis, Sidley Austin and Polsinelli among firms targeting senior expertise, reports Ben Rigby

23 Mar 2026

Kirkland’s revenue jumps 20% to top $10bn

PEP at Chicago-based giant also climbs 20% to reach $11.1m

18 Mar 2026

Walmart hires Kirkland & Ellis partner as next legal chief

Erin Nealy Cox replaces Rachel Brand, who left the business in January

16 Mar 2026

McDermott Will & Schulte hires private credit partner from Kirkland in Paris

Kalish Mullen will lead the Paris office’s finance offering

23 Feb 2026

Simpson Thacher hires Kirkland partner to head up new capital structure solutions practice

David Nemecek brings vast distressed situations experience; firm plans Dallas opening as part of the new practice launch

20 Feb 2026

Latham adds litigation partner duo in Texas from Kirkland, Winston

Hires come ahead of planned office launch in Dallas, according to reports

11 Feb 2026

Kirkland opens in Nashville targeting litigation and transaction work

Four recent hires from Butler Snow and King & Spalding help world’s largest firm launch in Music City, which it called an ‘ideal environment’ for further growth

10 Feb 2026

Ropes & Gray, Kirkland & Ellis lead EQT’s $3.7bn buyout of Coller Capital

Deal understood to be the largest-ever acquisition of a secondaries fund manager

22 Jan 2026

Freshfields rebuilds Germany PE bench with Kirkland partner hire, promotions

UK firm hires Florian Sippel and promotes three to partner just weeks after four senior private equity partners defected to Latham & Watkins

14 Jan 2026