Kirkland & Ellis has gone back to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for another lateral hire, this time taking corporate partner Doug Bacon from the Magic Circle firm’s New York office.
Advising private equity firms, companies and corporations on complex multinational mergers and acquisitions, Bacon’s client list includes Novartis, Honeywell International, The Blackstone Group, KKR, TPG, Apax Partners, MSD Capital and First Reserve Corp. Prior to Freshfields, he was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
