News About Kirkland & Ellis

Wachtell, Kirkland called in for Nasdaq’s $10.5bn Adenza acquisition

Wachtell advises longtime client Nasdaq on biggest acquisition to date as exchange operator deepens fintech push

12 Jun 2023

Kirkland, Latham and Skadden check in for Asda’s £2.3bn acquisition of EG petrol chain arm

Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy also act in deal to create retail group with £30bn combined revenue

30 May 2023

Wachtell, Kirkland called in for 3D printer maker Stratasys’ $1.8bn merger with Desktop Metal

Wachtell counsels Stratasys alongside Israeli firm Meitar Law Offices as Kirkland advises longtime client Desktop Metal with help from Tel Aviv-Yafo’s Shibolet & Co

26 May 2023

Baker Hostetler adds eight lawyers to West Coast corporate team from AmLaw 100 rivals

Former M&A and securities practice leaders among arrivals from Proskauer Rose, Polsinelli and Kirkland & Ellis

9 May 2023

White & Case builds London antitrust bench with Kirkland & Ellis partner hire

US firm adds England and Wales and Germany qualified Dr Michael Engel amid rising demand for antitrust advice across EMEA

26 Apr 2023

Paul Hastings hires global investment funds chair in New York from Kirkland & Ellis

John Budetti defects after almost 17 years at Kirkland along with four as-yet unnamed partners

24 Apr 2023

CAFC overturns two district court decisions in cases involving Philip Morris and Dell

Breather for vape pen seller in dispute with tobacco titan as case remanded back to the district court; second case relates to patent for digital storage

14 Apr 2023

Gunderson and Kirkland latest to cut US associates

Silicon Valley firm axes 10% of US staff; global giant also sees departures following March performance reviews

5 Apr 2023

Morrison Foerster adds private equity partner in China from Kirkland & Ellis

Rongjing Zhao joins as US firm’s third PE partner hire in Asia this year

4 Apr 2023

Latham, Kirkland, Paul Weiss and Pillsbury advise on UFC and WWE mega-merger

UFC owner Endeavor agrees to merge with WWE in deal that would value combined sports giant at more than $21bn

4 Apr 2023

Kirkland, Latham and Pillsbury advise on $4.8bn Concentrix merger with Webhelp

Transatlantic deal will create a global leader in customer experience services

31 Mar 2023

Lenovo ordered to pay nearly $140m to InterDigital in key FRAND dispute

UK High Court hands down landmark FRAND judgment that decides licensing terms between Chinese company Lenovo and technology firm InterDigital

21 Mar 2023

Kirkland & Ellis secures Clifford Chance partner to lead Germany restructuring team

Cristina Weidner joins Chicago giant in Munich just a few months after becoming head of UK firm’s Germany restructuring & insolvency practice

17 Feb 2023

Samsung agrees to pay $150m to Nanoco following patent dispute

Kirkland and Mintz Levin among advisers as ‘no fault’ settlement reached in wrangle over patents relating to the production of QLED televisions

6 Feb 2023

Kirkland & Ellis hires London M&A partner from Clifford Chance in latest European infrastructure push

Toby Parkinson is Kirkland's fourth UK lateral hire from a Magic Circle firm since the summer

17 Oct 2022

Kirkland & Ellis announces latest record partner promotions round

Bumper intake sees Chicago giant promote 193 to partnership, up from 151 last year

4 Oct 2022

Kirkland adds third London partner in a week from Magic Circle rivals

Global giant continues infrastructure drive with hire of 'rising star' investment funds partner from Allen & Overy

29 Sep 2022

Kirkland & Ellis secures Allen & Overy's global infrastructure co-head in London

Sara Pickersgill joins to lead US giant's European energy and infrastructure growth push

22 Sep 2022

Kirkland, Cooley and Davis Polk act in Roper's $3.7bn acquisition of Frontline Education

Kirkland advised longtime client Thoma Bravo while Cooley acted for Frontline and Davis Polk advised Roper Technologies

5 Sep 2022

Kirkland & Ellis hires investment funds partner from Ashurst in London

Chicago giant adds to burgeoning European team to target infrastructure and real estate funds work

17 Aug 2022