Law firms Linklaters finance partner Irvine heads to Kirkland in latest exit from Hong Kong office Legal Business · 2 September 2015 · 2 min read Strategic recruitment Asia Kirkland & Ellis Linklaters For the third time this year and dealing a blow to Linklaters‘ Asian objectives, Kirkland & Ellis has recruited from the Magic Circle firm’s ranks and hired Hong Kong debt finance partner David Irvine.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryLinklaters closes Hamburg office amid plans to refocus German operationsLaw firmsKate Peacock16 Apr 2026Revolving Doors: Weil hires Kirkland secondaries partner as Orrick targets Cadwalader againLaw firmsKate Peacock14 Apr 2026Five law firms win appointments on FCA’s ‘skilled person’ investigations panelLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves13 Apr 2026Paul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsLaw firmsAlex Ryan28 Feb 2025Gibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playLaw firmsElisha Juttla27 Feb 2025Chance moment: CC doubles down on private capital, but will flurry of hires pay off?Law firmsElisha Juttla14 Feb 2025The Electronic Transactions and Data Protection Law in Lebanon: Empowering Lebanese companies in the digital ageInternationalGuest Blog3 Jan 2024Global 100 firms expand in Asia as Dentons and Goodwin establish new basesLaw firmsMegan Mayers28 Oct 2022Sponsored briefing: The changing paradigm of commercial disputes in IndiaLaw firmsGuest Blog27 Mar 2020