News About Kirkland & Ellis
Sullivan & Cromwell continues run of London partner hires with duo from Kirkland
Deals lawyer Aprajita Dhundia makes the move alongside transactional tax expert Ian Ferreira
Kirkland continues litigation hiring spree with Orrick mass tort chiefs
Meghan Kelly and Bill Oxley latest of more than 150 hires into Chicago giant’s litigation practice this year
Kirkland & Ellis hits Weil in London for competition duo
Hires follow longtime Kirkland antitrust partner Sally Evans exiting for Paul Hastings in London last month
Kirkland made up ‘at least 225’ partners in unannounced promotions round, new research reveals
Report by Pirical confirms record number of appointments at global giant, which has broken with years of tradition by not announcing its new partners
Quartet of firms lead Hologic’s $18.3bn take private by Blackstone and TPG
Kirkland, Wachtell, Ropes and Sidley advise on largest medical devices deal in almost two decades
Wachtell, Kirkland lead on EA’s record $55bn deal to go private
Six law firms called in for video game maker’s acquisition by consortium that includes Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s PIF, the largest take-private investment in history
Ropes & Gray hits Kirkland for M&A partner in New York growth push
Michael Brueck joins after 15 years as a partner at Kirkland where he led on deals for Danaher, GLP and Evercore
Sullivan & Cromwell adds Kirkland’s Asimacopoulos and ex-Weil office head Francies in London
Restructuring specialist Kon Asimacopoulos will co-head London office; corporate heavyweight Francies is lured out of retirement
Kirkland, Simpson Thacher steer Blackstone’s $6.5bn Enverus buy
Simpson Thacher guides Blackstone in acquisition of Kirkland-repped data analytics energy intelligence platform
Kirkland, Slaughter and May guide Reckitt’s $4.8bn Essential Home sale to Advent
Kirkland acts for marquee client Advent as Slaughters counsels Reckitt in deal meant to help revamp its portfolio and sharpen focus on core brands
Trio of top M&A firms guide CoreWeave’s $9bn Core Scientific AI acquisition
David Polk and Kirkland & Ellis advise CoreWeave as Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz acts for Core Scientific in deal to meet AI power needs
Vinson & Elkins makes trio of US partner hires from Kirkland & Ellis and Baker Botts
New recruits include funds partners Samuel Francis and Reed Schuster and finance lawyer Caitlin Lawrence
Three firms steer Kimberly-Clark sale of majority stake in international tissue unit to Brazil’s Suzano
Kirkland & Ellis and Baker McKenzie guide Kleenex tissue-maker Kimberly-Clark as Freshfields counsels Suzano
Kirkland & Ellis adds M&A partner trio in Boston from Skadden
Rainmaker Graham Robinson joins with two more partners and around 15 associates
‘Absurd’: Judge overturns executive order against WilmerHale
Ruling follows similar orders against Perkins Coie and Jenner & Block being struck down earlier this month
Latham & Watkins, Paul Weiss lead on Skechers’ $9.4bn sale to 3G Capital
Kirkland & Ellis and Sullivan & Cromwell also called in for footwear industry’s biggest buyout to date
Kirkland, Mayer Brown act in Boeing’s $10.55bn sale of tech assets to Thoma Bravo
Kirkland counsels Thoma Bravo as Mayer Brown acts for Boeing in deal jet maker says will enable it to focus on core business
Kirkland’s revenue hits $8.8bn as PEP grows 16%
Chicago giant again sets turnover record for Am Law 100 as profits per equity partner climb to $9.25m
Paul Hastings targets big-ticket public M&A with hire of Kirkland deals star in New York
Eric Schiele’s arrival as global M&A co-chair described as ‘major leap forward’ in fulfilling M&A ambitions
Keystone Law adds partners from Kirkland, Memery Crystal in latest hiring round
Platform firm continues to attract talent from top firms as it continues hiring push