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

16 Dec 2025

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

8 Dec 2025

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

4 Dec 2025

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

23 Oct 2025

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

22 Oct 2025

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

29 Sep 2025

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

18 Sep 2025

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

1 Sep 2025

Kirkland, Simpson Thacher steer Blackstone’s $6.5bn Enverus buy

Simpson Thacher guides Blackstone in acquisition of Kirkland-repped data analytics energy intelligence platform

7 Aug 2025

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

18 Jul 2025

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

8 Jul 2025

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

23 Jun 2025

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

6 Jun 2025

Kirkland & Ellis adds M&A partner trio in Boston from Skadden

Rainmaker Graham Robinson joins with two more partners and around 15 associates

29 May 2025

‘Absurd’: Judge overturns executive order against WilmerHale

Ruling follows similar orders against Perkins Coie and Jenner & Block being struck down earlier this month

28 May 2025

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

7 May 2025

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

23 Apr 2025

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

17 Mar 2025

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

13 Mar 2025

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

28 Feb 2025