In one of the largest global partnership promotion rounds, Kirkland & Ellis has made up eight of its London associates to partner in a round that saw 82 lawyers join the global partnership, including one promotion from of counsel to partner.
While London saw 10% of the firm’s total promotions, some 67% were made in the US with the largest in Chicago – the firm’s original hometown – which saw 25 associates move up the ranks, followed by 15 in Washington DC and 14 in New York.
The remainder were appointed in Beijing, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Munich, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Shanghai.
While the firm does not tend to promote partners as equity members, the firm is known to make up associates earlier on in their careers and therefore has a large number of junior partners.
Last year’s round saw 80 lawyers promoted to the global partnership, six of which were made up from of counsel or counsel. Of the total, seven associates were made up in London, predominantly within corporate, followed by debt finance, private funds and tax.
This year has followed the same pattern with the eight City promotions comprising four in corporate, and one each in tax, intellectual property, restructuring and debt finance.
All partner promotions will go into effect on 1 October this year.
Full list of promotions below:
London
Oliver Currall-Tax
Emma Flett-Intellectual Property
Andrew Hagan-Corporate
Mark Knight-Restructuring
Mateja Maher-Corporate
Matthew Merkle-Corporate
Bryan Robson-Debt Finance
Jonathan Tadd-Corporate
Beijing
Mengyu Lu-Corporate
Chicago
Matthew Arenson-Corporate
Rana Barakat-Litigation
Kevin Bettsteller-Corporate
Paul Daniel Bond-Intellectual Property
Elizabeth Cutri-Intellectual Property
Casey Fronk-Litigation
Leslie Garthwaite-Litigation
Eugene Goryunov-Intellectual Property
William Guerrieri-Restructuring
Matthew Hays-Corporate
Shay-Ann Heiser Singh-Litigation
Zachary Holmstead-Litigation
Benjamin Kurtz-Litigation
Daniel Lewis-Intellectual Property
Aaron Lorber-Intellectual Property
Simeon Papacostas-Intellectual Property
Michael Perl-Corporate
Ferlillia Roberson-Intellectual Property
Luke Ruse-Litigation
Gregory Ryckman-Litigation
Hari Santhanam-Intellectual Property
Alec Solotorovsky-Litigation
Jessica Staiger-Litigation
Brad Weiland-Restructuring
David Wolff-Real Estate
Hong Kong
Joey Chau-Corporate
Damian Jacobs-Corporate
Soo-Yien Khor-Corporate
Steve Lin-Corporate
Peng Qi-Corporate
Los Angeles
Erin Kolter-Intellectual Property
Christopher Lawless-Intellectual Property
Sharre Lotfollahi-Intellectual Property
Alice Yuan-Corporate
Munich
Marcus Klie-Corporate
New York
Devora Allon-Litigation
Jared Bárcenas-Intellectual Property
Jon Carter-Intellectual Property
Andrew Day-Corporate
Charles Fellers-Corporate
Warren Haskel-Litigation
Suzi Sabogal-Executive Compensation
Leslie Schmidt-Intellectual Property
Nicholas Schwartz-Corporate
Jennifer Sheehan-Real Estate
Kristin Sheffield-Whitehead-Litigation
Eric Sievertsen-Corporate
Vincent Thorn-Tax
Paul Watt-Corporate
Palo Alto
Alex Kaufman-Corporate
Brian Lee-Intellectual Property
San Francisco
Akshay Deoras-Intellectual Property
Vlad Kroll-Corporate
Matt Nadworny-Corporate
Priya Purnachandra Pai-Corporate
Patricia Ring-Trusts and Estates
Shanghai
Cheryl Yuan-Corporate
Tiana Zhang-Litigation
Washington DC
Winn Allen-Litigation
Heather Bloom-Litigation
Marin Boney-Antitrust and Competition
Anders Fjellstedt-Intellectual Property
Jonathan Ganter-Litigation
Michael Glick-Litigation
Liam Hardy-Litigation
Jonathan Janow-Litigation
Ebony Sunala Johnson-Litigation
Jonathan Kidwell-Environmental Transactions
Joseph Oliveri-Litigation
Michael Petrino-Litigation
Michael Podberesky-Litigation
Tia Trout-Perez-Litigation
Sarah Hawkins Warren-Litigation
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