News About Kirkland & Ellis
Simpson Thacher hits Kirkland, Jones Day for M&A lawyers
Firm chair Alden Millard points to bolstering global M&A bench as a ‘priority’
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kirkland recruits FTC veteran in Washington DC
Stephen Mohr joins Chicago giant’s antitrust practice as a partner
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
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
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
Kirkland, Freshfields guide $1bn acquisition of stake in BP Pipelines TAP
Freshfields advises BP as Kirkland counsells Apollo-managed funds on acquisition
Kirkland adds restructuring duo in Germany from Gleiss Lutz
Christian Halàsz and Friedrich Schlott build out Kirkland’s new Frankfurt office
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