News About Kirkland & Ellis

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

Kirkland recruits FTC veteran in Washington DC

Stephen Mohr joins Chicago giant’s antitrust practice as a partner

8 Oct 2024

UK Court of Appeal finds Panasonic’s conduct ‘indefensible’ in FRAND dispute with Xiaomi

Xiaomi’s adviser Kirkland hails ‘groundbreaking’ decision to make an interim licence available ahead of FRAND trial

4 Oct 2024

Skadden tops global Q3 M&A table as total deal value jumps by 16%

Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins follow closely behind as megadeals contribute to strengthening market

3 Oct 2024

Kirkland elevates 200 to partnership in latest round, with bulk of promotions in the US

Latest partner intake is down 2% on 2023’s record-breaking round

1 Oct 2024

Kirkland, Freshfields guide $1bn acquisition of stake in BP Pipelines TAP

Freshfields advises BP as Kirkland counsells Apollo-managed funds on acquisition

23 Sep 2024

Kirkland adds restructuring duo in Germany from Gleiss Lutz

Christian Halàsz and Friedrich Schlott build out Kirkland’s new Frankfurt office

28 Aug 2024