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Kirkland shortens equity track as it wages intensified war for talent

Kirkland & Ellis wrecking ball

Kirkland & Ellis has shortened its path to equity partnership by a year in another audacious move that will doubtless make rivals sit up and take notice.

The move means that its most-talented lawyers will now be considered for equity partnership nine years out of law school, rather than 10.

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