‘Additional depth’: Kirkland recruits from Freshfields again for real estate finance partner Birks Legal Business22 December 2016Financial servicesStrategic recruitment Kirkland & Ellis has returned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for another finance recruit, taking Jonathan Birks.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 and Slaughters lead on £1.4bn takeover of FTSE 250 manufacturer SeniorTrading places: Kirkland launches Phildaelphia transactions practice as Sidley hires Cravath ECM partnerElite firms line up as Pershing Square launches €55bn bid for Universal Music Group‘You don’t need to know the answers to everything’ – Monzo’s legal chief on AI, crisis control and staying curiousPinsent Masons promotes 23 new partners, with six in LondonHow Pinsents’ forensic accounting partners doubled their billingsFreshfields launches in Boston with Latham private capital M&A hireRevolving Doors: Hogan Lovells and Linklaters boost competition as Simpson Thacher snaps up US funds quartetRevolving Doors: Clifford Chance, Akin and Dechert bolster PE and finance teams in the City