Linklaters finance partner Irvine heads to Kirkland in latest exit from Hong Kong office Legal Business2 September 2015Strategic recruitmentAsia 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 categoryBeyond the deals: how clients rate London’s top M&A teams‘The energy capital of the world’ – why the global and US elite are betting on HoustonRopes and Kirkland lead on EQT’s $3.7bn acquisition of secondaries leader CollerPaul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsGibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playChance moment: CC doubles down on private capital, but will flurry of hires pay off?The Electronic Transactions and Data Protection Law in Lebanon: Empowering Lebanese companies in the digital ageGlobal 100 firms expand in Asia as Dentons and Goodwin establish new basesSponsored briefing: The changing paradigm of commercial disputes in India