Press Release Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kirkland & Ellis Announces New Partners

01 October 2012

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that 84 attorneys were promoted to partner effective today.

The names, practice groups and office locations of the attorneys follow.

Kirkland & Ellis is a 1,500-attorney law firm representing global clients in complex litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration, corporate and tax, restructuring, and intellectual property and technology matters. The Firm has offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.

Name	Practice Area	Office
Melinda C. Alankar	Tax	New York
Darin T. Beffa	Litigation	Los Angeles
Michael P. Brueck	Corporate	New York
Brigham Q. Cannon	Litigation	Washington, D.C.
Joseph Cascio	Litigation	Washington, D.C.
Michael Chu	Corporate	Chicago
Gareth P. Clark	Corporate	New York
Sasha K. Danna	Litigation	Los Angeles
Geoffrey A. David	Intellectual Property	New York
James W. Dejmek	Intellectual Property	Chicago
Maureen S. Dixon	Debt Finance	Chicago
Charles W. Douglas, Jr.	Litigation	Chicago
Jared D. Edgar	Intellectual Property	San Francisco
John R. Edwards	Intellectual Property	Palo Alto
Courtney L. Farkas	Intellectual Property	New York
Peter A. Farrell	Litigation	Washington, D.C.
Charles A. Fernández	Intellectual Property	Washington, D.C.
William M. Fink	Intellectual Property	Washington, D.C.
Travis C. Fleming	Real Estate	New York
David S. Flugman	Litigation	New York
Brian R. Ford	Debt Finance	Los Angeles
Kyle S. Gann	Corporate	Chicago
Brian Paul Gearing	Intellectual Property	New York
Matthew P. Gerber	Corporate	Hong Kong
Jeffrey M. Gould	Litigation	Washington, D.C.
Savaria B. Harris	Litigation	Washington, D.C.
Christopher L. Hartmann	Real Estate	Chicago
James R. P. Hileman	Litigation	Chicago
Ye (Cecilia) Hong	Corporate	New York
Richard U. S. Howell	Litigation	Chicago
Adam T. Humann	Litigation	New York
Justin T. Hutchinson	Corporate	London
Ulf Kieker	Tax	Munich
Lisa LeCointe-Cephas	Litigation	New York
Carol G. Liu	Private Funds	Hong Kong
Daniel R. Lombard	Litigation	Chicago
John MacGarty	Private Funds	London
Kevin W. Mausert	Corporate	Chicago
Ellen K. McIntosh	Corporate	Chicago
Joel R. Merkin	Intellectual Property	Chicago
Philipp M. Muheim	Corporate	New York
Aaron L. Nielson	Litigation	Washington, D.C.
Matthew E. Nirider	Litigation	Chicago
Samuel Norris	Debt Finance	London
Matthew H. O'Brien	Corporate	Chicago
Shawn Paul O'Hargan	Corporate	New York
Shaun Paisley	Litigation	Los Angeles
Christine P. Payne	Litigation	Chicago
Michael A. Pearson, Jr.	Intellectual Property	Washington, D.C.
M. Ryan Pohlman	Intellectual Property	Chicago
Julie Posteraro	Litigation	Washington, D.C.
Jamii Quoc	Corporate	Hong Kong
Joshua M. Reed	Intellectual Property	Chicago
Kristopher J. Ring	Corporate	Los Angeles
Joanna M. Ritcey-Donohue	International Trade	Washington, D.C.
Kristopher Ritter	Litigation	Chicago
Ben Rottenborn	Litigation	Chicago
Alejandro Melloan Ruiz	Tax	San Francisco
Matthew D. Satchwell	Intellectual Property	Chicago
Sava C. Savov	Corporate	London
Nicole Schlatter	Corporate	Munich
Alicia L. Shah	Intellectual Property	Chicago
Karen A. Sheffler	Energy	Washington, D.C.
Yaman Shukairy	Corporate	Chicago
Constantine N. Skarvelis	Corporate	New York
Michael J. Snow	Corporate	Chicago
Natalia A. Sokolova	Debt Finance	Chicago
Justin W. Solomon	Private Funds	Chicago
Bryan M. Stephany	Litigation	Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Tang	Corporate	Hong Kong
David M. Tarr	Debt Finance	New York
Jeremy J. Taylor	Intellectual Property	San Francisco
Henry A. Thompson, II	Litigation	Washington, D.C.
Matthew Topic	Intellectual Property	Chicago
Steven Tran	Corporate	Hong Kong
Sarah Kao-Yen Tsou	Intellectual Property	New York
Tammy A. Tsoumas	Litigation	Los Angeles
Sergio A. Urias	Corporate	New York
Eric J. Wedel	Corporate	New York
David J. Weiner	Corporate	Chicago
Sara E. Whyte	Corporate	New York
Nimalka Wickramasekera	Intellectual Property	Los Angeles
Wayne E. Williams	Corporate	Chicago
Shannon K. Yavorsky	Intellectual Property	London

NOTE: In general, the admission date will be October 1, 2012, or such later date when any necessary regulatory requirements have been complied with.