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

9 Aug 2024

Kirkland hires M&A heavyweight from Latham for Frankfurt launch

Tobias Larisch joins to open Chicago giant’s second Germany office

5 Aug 2024

Paul Weiss recruits Kirkland funds partner in London

Jeremy Leggate makes it a dozen Kirkland partners to join US firm since last summer

1 Aug 2024

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

18 Jul 2024

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

16 Jul 2024

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

25 Jun 2024

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

10 Jun 2024

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

10 Jun 2024

Kirkland, Latham lead on Champion’s $1.2bn sale to Authentic Brands

Kirkland acts for seller HanesBrands alongside Jones Day as Latham counsels Authentic

6 Jun 2024

Wachtell, Kirkland lead on ConocoPhillips’ $22.5bn Marathon Oil acquisition

Wachtell guides ConocoPhillips as Kirkland counsels Marathon in latest energy industry mega deal

30 May 2024

Latham, Kirkland shepherd CyberArk’s $1.5bn Venafi acquisition

Latham guides CyberArk in acquisition of cybersecurity business from Kirkland-repped Thoma Bravo

21 May 2024

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

13 May 2024

Kirkland hits Goodwin again for US funds lawyers

Four more lawyers join across US as partners after quintet defected from Goodwin in February

29 Apr 2024

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

26 Apr 2024

‘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

15 Apr 2024

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

8 Apr 2024

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

20 Mar 2024

Kirkland’s revenue tops $7bn as PEP nears $8m

Chicago giant becomes first law firm to smash turnover milestone as PEP grows 6%

18 Mar 2024

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

12 Mar 2024

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

12 Mar 2024