City office grows faster than US as Kirkland posts 7% global revenue hike
While a handful of high-profile departures has meant Kirkland & Ellis has been the subject of much speculation in the…
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Travers Smith and Kirkland take lead roles as Micro Focus agrees $540m acquisition of Serena Software
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kirkland & Ellis has turned to Linklaters for the second time this year and taken another leading partner with the…
Game Over – Global London firms make winning moves as US players secure their breakthrough
2014 found US firms in London gaining even more ground. Legal Business’ 13th annual Global London survey charts the key…
US revenues 2014: Kirkland’s partner profits top $3.5m as Squires reveals first post-merger results
US firm revenues continue to come through with Kirkland & Ellis posting a 6.6% increase in global revenues to $2.15bn…
Investing in London: Kirkland hires Linklaters real estate M&A head
Kirkland & Ellis has hired Linklaters‘ head of real estate M&A Matthew Elliott, who leaves the Magic Circle firm after…
News in brief – February 2015
KENNEDYS OPENS IN SCOTLAND Last month, Kennedys finally entered the Scottish market with the opening of offices in Glasgow and…