News About Kirkland & Ellis

‘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

Herbert Smith Freehills makes twin disputes hire in Hong Kong from Kirkland, Latham

Paul Quinn and Truman Mak join as partners in the firm’s commercial litigation team

11 Feb 2025

Kirkland expands in Saudi Arabia with funds hire from Morgan Lewis

Nabil Abou-Charaf joins as a partner in Riyadh after almost six years with Morgan Lewis in the UAE

5 Feb 2025

Kirkland recruits Skadden mass tort team for Philadelphia debut

Highly-regarded trial lawyer Allison Brown joins with four more partners

22 Jan 2025

Kirkland, Latham, White & Case shepherd Constellation Energy’s $26.6bn Calpine acquisition

Deal will create largest low-emission energy supplier in the US

13 Jan 2025

Kirkland tops global 2024 M&A rankings ahead of Skadden

Deal value jumps 10% in 2024 to $3.2trn with volume down 14% to 50,200

6 Jan 2025

Debevoise, Nishimura called in for Nippon Life’s $8.2bn Resolution Life acquisition

Kirkland & Ellis and Herbert Smith Freehills also among nine law firm’s called in for the largest takeover by a Japanese insurer

11 Dec 2024

Kirkland recruits fund finance heavyweight from Clifford Chance in London

Andrew Husdan’s arrival follows Kirkland hiring first structured finance partner in London last month

26 Nov 2024

Simpson Thacher hits Kirkland, Jones Day for M&A lawyers

Firm chair Alden Millard points to bolstering global M&A bench as a ‘priority’

7 Nov 2024

Freshfields debt finance partner defects to Kirkland in US

HT Flanagan to work out of Dallas and New York at Kirkland, which boasts world’s largest debt finance practice

24 Oct 2024

Kirkland, Freshfields, Bredin Prat called in for €16bn sale of Sanofi’s consumer health arm

Sale to US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice comes as investors anticipate more and larger European PE buyouts

23 Oct 2024

Kirkland marks first structured finance hire in London

Chicago giant replenishes London ranks following raids by Paul Weiss; also hires structured credit partner from Milbank in New York

22 Oct 2024

Paul Weiss raids Kirkland’s London funds team again for latest partner hire

Revathi Raghavan is fifth partner to join Paul Weiss this year in London from Kirkland’s investment funds team

18 Oct 2024

Paul Hastings further expands Washington office with litigation hire from Kirkland

Ronald Anguas follows in footsteps of litigation partner Benjamin Snyder, who joined firm in Washington last week

15 Oct 2024

Paul Weiss raids Kirkland for another London partner

Prem Mohan joins as head of European financial services regulation as US firm continues rapid City build out

11 Oct 2024