Sidley secures TowerBrook work despite K&E charm offensive Legal Business Tussle continues over lucrative work after K&E raid After a high-profile tussle and one of the biggest team hires in…
Sidley secures TowerBrook work despite K&E charm offensive Legal Business After a high-profile tussle and one of the biggest team hires in the City, Sidley Austin has secured the corporate…
Kiss the ring – patronage, in-fighting and exits threaten to stall Kirkland’s bandwagon Jaishree Kalia Jaishree Kalia sizes up the clashing egos and driving ambition at Kirkland’s City arm. Flashy cars, Dom Pérignon and top…
Sidley Austin hikes associate pay to secure Kirkland movers amid plans to launch in Munich Legal Business Sidley Austin is upping its game in the City by announcing it will increase the salary of all its London…
City office grows faster than US as Kirkland posts 7% global revenue hike Legal Business While a handful of high-profile departures has meant Kirkland & Ellis has been the subject of much speculation in the…
Travers Smith and Kirkland take lead roles as Micro Focus agrees $540m acquisition of Serena Software Legal Business Against sluggish levels of transactional activity of late, Travers Smith and Kirkland & Ellis have landed lead advisory roles on…
Exit strategy: Kirkland & Ellis doubles notice period for equity partners Legal Business US firm Kirkland & Ellis has doubled the notice period for all of its global equity partners from 60 days…
Kirkland & Ellis suffers London mass exit as seven partners walk out in less than a week Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has lost capital markets partner Andrew Hagan to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, within days of the firm losing…
Cravath and Kirkland ride pharma wave to win places on $5.8bn Abbott-Alere deal Legal Business Already two of the big winners from the merger bonanza in the pharmaceuticals sector, Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Kirkland…
US firm partner promotions: Kirkland elevates eight in London, while Goodwin Procter promotes one Legal Business In its latest global partnership promotion round, Kirkland & Ellis has promoted another eight of its London associates to partner,…
Rapidly recruiting: Kirkland takes Linklaters’ corporate heavyweight Johnson Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has hired a fourth partner this year from Magic Circle rival Linklaters, as the head of private…
Linklaters finance partner Irvine heads to Kirkland in latest exit from Hong Kong office Legal Business For the third time this year and dealing a blow to Linklaters‘ Asian objectives, Kirkland & Ellis has recruited from…
Kirkland picked to defend Baxalta as Slaughters and Ropes take the lead on Shire’s $34bn hostile takeover Legal Business Shire has turned to longstanding adviser Slaughter and May in the UK while Ropes & Gray won the mandate in…
Trading partners: Kirkland recruits Freshfields’ Blackstone and Goldman relationship partner Steele Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis continue to swap talent in the City, this time with Kirkland hiring the…
City moves: Kirkland hires Weil’s London tax chief Kandel as Jones Day boosts its project finance team with a lateral from Latham Kathryn McCann It has been a busy couple of days for the City hire market, with leading London tax partner Jonathan Kandel…
Kirkland exits continue as high-yield heavyweight McKimm set to join Freshfields Legal Business Reversing the trend of partners departing Magic Circle firms for US rivals, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, subject to a partnership vote, is…
Dealwatch: US firms line up on the $55bn takeover of Time Warner Cable Legal Business In one of the largest M&A deals so far this year, US law firms continued to show their dominance of…
Déjà vu: Fried Frank hires Kirkland’s Mifsud alongside partner duo to build funds practice Legal Business After having led a trio of partners to Kirkland & Ellis from SJ Berwin in 2007 and helping build its…
Getting on the board: Lucas takes role on Kirkland’s executive committee and top spot in its City office Legal Business Following some speculation as to who would become Kirkland & Ellis‘ de facto head in London, finance partner Stephen Lucas…
Kirkland returns to Linklaters to hire UK competition head Riedel Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has turned to Linklaters for the second time this year and taken another leading partner with the…
