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Who Represents Who: The data behind the story

Kirkland & Ellis’ Fortune 100 representation

Everyone knows Kirkland has strong ties with financial institutions, but you don’t get to be the world’s largest firm without strength in depth across other practice areas. Here’s how they represent the Fortune 100 in those.

Antitrust (US)

Merger control
Delta Air Lines

Dispute resolution (UK: London)

Commercial litigation
Boeing

Dispute resolution (US)

Securities litigation – defence
General Motors

Finance (US)

Capital markets: debt
Boeing

Capital markets: equity

Goldman Sachs

Industry focus (US)

Energy litigation: oil and gas

ExxonMobil

Environment: litigation

Boeing

Environment: regulatory

Dow Chemical

Insurance: advice to policyholders

Boeing

Transport: aviation and air travel

Delta Air Lines
Honeywell
United Continental

Transport: rail and road

General Motors
World Fuel Services

Intellectual property (US)

Copyright

Cisco
IBM
Oracle

Patents: licensing

Intel

Patents: litigation (full coverage)

Allstate
Cisco
IBM
Intel
Oracle
Verizon

Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)

Cisco
IBM

Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)

Boeing
Honeywell
IBM

Trademarks: litigation

AT&T
Nike
Oracle

Media, tech & telecoms (US)

Advertising and marketing

Verizon

Outsourcing

Boeing
Cigna
Intel

Technology transactions

Allstate
Boeing
Intel

Real estate and construction (US)

Construction (including construction litigation)

Boeing

Real estate

Morgan Stanley

Tax (US)

US taxes: non-contentious

Delta Air Lines


Kirkland & Ellis : tech coverage

The firm has a deep penetration of the tech market, acting for eight out of the ten largest global companies. Here’s how.

Apple

Intellectual property (US)

Patent litigation: full coverage (2012-14)
Patent litigation: International Trade Commission (2012-14)
Trademarks: litigation (2012-14)

Cisco

Intellectual property (US)

Copyright (2017)
Patent litigation: full coverage (2012-17)
Patent litigation: International Trade Commission (2014-17)
Patent: licensing and transactional (2015)

Google

Dispute resolution (US)

Leading trial lawyers (2013)

Intellectual property (US)

Patent: licensing and transactional (2013)

IBM

Antitrust (US)

Antitrust (2014)

Corporate and commercial (US)

Commercial contracts (2015)

Dispute resolution (US)

General commercial disputes (2016)
International arbitration (2012)
Leading trial lawyers (2013)
Securities: shareholder litigation (2014)
Supreme Court and Appellate (2015)

Intellectual property (US)

Copyright (2017)
Patent litigation: full coverage (2012-17)
Patent litigation: International Trade Commission (2013-17)
Trade secrets: litigation and non-contentious matters (2017)
Trademarks: litigation (2014)

Intellectual property (China)

Intellectual property (2015)

Intellectual property (Hong Kong)

Intellectual property (2015)

TMT (US)

Copyright (2013-15)
Outsourcing (2012-13)

Intel

Antitrust (US)

Antitrust (2012-13)

Dispute resolution (US)

Leading trial lawyers (2016)

Intellectual property (China)

Intellectual property (2015)

Intellectual property (Hong Kong)

Intellectual property (2015)

Intellectual property (US)

Patent litigation: full coverage (2012-17)
Patent litigation: International Trade Commission (2013)
Patent: licensing and transactional (2015)
Patents: licensing (2017)

TMT (US)

Outsourcing (2017)
Technology transactions (2015, 2017)

Oracle

Intellectual property (US)

Copyright (2017)
Copyright: litigation (2016)
Patent litigation: full coverage (2012, 2014-17)
Trademarks: litigation (2016-17)

TMT (US)

Copyright (2015)

Samsung

Dispute resolution (England: London)

International arbitration (2014-16)

Dispute resolution (US)

Leading trial lawyers (2016)
Supreme Court and Appellate (2015)

Intellectual property (US)

Patent litigation: full coverage (2012-17)
Patent litigation: International Trade Commission (2012-17)
Patent: licensing and transactional (2015)

TMT (US)

Technology: transactions (2015)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

Intellectual property (Hong Kong)

Intellectual property (2014)

Intellectual property (US)

Patent litigation: International Trade Commission (2015)

David Burgess, publishing director, The Legal 500
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david.burgess@legal500.com