News About Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland, Freshfields score leading roles on £5.4bn Hargreaves Lansdown sale
Latham and Linklaters also among raft of firms called in for investment platform's takeover by private equity consortium
Kirkland hires M&A heavyweight from Latham for Frankfurt launch
Tobias Larisch joins to open Chicago giant’s second Germany office
Paul Weiss recruits Kirkland funds partner in London
Jeremy Leggate makes it a dozen Kirkland partners to join US firm since last summer
New Kirkland policy allows it to withhold pay from defecting partners
Beefed-up powers introduced this week following string of defections to rivals, according to reports
Lenovo ordered to pay more money to InterDigital in pivotal FRAND dispute
Kirkland and Gowling WLG advise as Court of Appeal in London sets global FRAND licence for SEPs used in cellular mobile technology
Kirkland, Weil, CMS steer TPG’s €3.9bn acquisition of Aareal Bank tech unit
Kirkland reps TPG and Canadian investment group CDPQ on purchase of property lender’s prized unit Aareon
Freshfields makes twin partner hire in New York from Kirkland, Davis Polk
Arrivals include M&A partner Joshua Ayal and capital markets partner Jacqueline Marino
Kirkland, Ropes & Gray steer Bain’s $5.6bn PowerSchool acquisition
Kirkland acts for longtime client PowerSchool as private equity-led deals show signs of picking up
Kirkland, Latham lead on Champion’s $1.2bn sale to Authentic Brands
Kirkland acts for seller HanesBrands alongside Jones Day as Latham counsels Authentic
Wachtell, Kirkland lead on ConocoPhillips’ $22.5bn Marathon Oil acquisition
Wachtell guides ConocoPhillips as Kirkland counsels Marathon in latest energy industry mega deal
Latham, Kirkland shepherd CyberArk’s $1.5bn Venafi acquisition
Latham guides CyberArk in acquisition of cybersecurity business from Kirkland-repped Thoma Bravo
Cleary Gottlieb adds private equity lawyers from Kirkland, Travers Smith in London recruitment drive
Debt finance partner Alexander van der Gaag joins from Kirkland as counsel Joanna Roberts moves over from Travers Smith
Kirkland hits Goodwin again for US funds lawyers
Four more lawyers join across US as partners after quintet defected from Goodwin in February
Kirkland, Latham shepherd Thoma Bravo’s £4.3bn Darktrace acquisition
Kirkland acts for marquee client Thoma Bravo as Latham counsels UK-listed cyber security company
‘A new apex predator in town’ - Paul Weiss continues to target London's top tier firms for talent
Linklaters among practices in firing line as impact of New York firm’s ongoing hiring spree ripples through market
Kirkland raids Allen & Overy for second London debt finance partner in past month
Vanessa Xu’s exit follows the departure of Marwa Elborai, who left for Kirkland in March
McDermott signs up veteran dealmaker who led Kirkland’s London expansion in 2000s
Graham White, formerly of Kirkland and Fried Frank, adds gravitas to US firm’s transactional offering
Kirkland’s revenue tops $7bn as PEP nears $8m
Chicago giant becomes first law firm to smash turnover milestone as PEP grows 6%
Kirkland secures London capital markets partner from Allen & Overy
Marwa Elborai jumps to Chicago giant having joined A&O in 2022 from merger partner Shearman
Kirkland, Latham shepherd EQT’s $35bn Equitrans gas merger
Last year’s top M&A firms lead as flurry of US oil and gas dealmaking continues