Press Release

Kirkland Announces New Partners

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 81 attorneys will be promoted to partner effective Oct. 1, 2016.

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

Kirkland & Ellis is a 1,700-attorney law firm representing global clients in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, restructuring, and intellectual property matters. The Firm has offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.


Beijing

Name

Practice Area

Jing Li
M&A/Private Equity


Chicago

Name

Practice Area

James D. Augustyn
Real Estate
Whitney L. Becker
Litigation
John Berger
M&A/Private Equity
Ian N. Bushner
M&A/Private Equity
Marianna C. Chapleau
Litigation
Thomas James Dobleman
Debt Finance
Rebecca Fitzpatrick
Litigation
Andrew Idrizovic
Debt Finance
Adam M. Kaufmann
Intellectual Property Litigation
Evan M. Knobloch
M&A/Private Equity
Scott Lerner
Litigation
Polina Liberman
Tax
Jeffery J. Lula
Litigation
Oren Lund
M&A/Private Equity
Martin R. Martos, II
Litigation
Vishesh Narayen
Intellectual Property Litigation
R. Allan Pixton
Litigation
Omer Rafatullah
M&A/Private Equity
Laura Klein Riff
Litigation
Brett A. Saltzman
Investment Funds
Katie A. St. Peters
Investment Funds
Patrick Sullivan
Debt Finance
Douglas F. Tedeschi
Debt Finance
Will Trevena
Litigation
Brian A. Tweedie
Debt Finance
Diana M. Watral
Litigation
Adam M. Wexner
M&A/Private Equity


Hong Kong

Name

Practice Area

Daniel Lindsey
Debt Finance
Derek Poon
M&A/Private Equity
Arthur Tso
Capital Markets
Judy Yam
Capital Markets
Henry Yin
M&A/Private Equity


Houston

Name

Practice Area

Kfir Abutbul
M&A/Private Equity
Mark Ramzy
M&A/Private Equity
Bradford B. Rossi
M&A/Private Equity
Rahul D. Vashi
M&A/Private Equity


London

Name

Practice Area

Susannah Amini
Debt Finance
Theodore Cardos
Investment Funds
Amala Ejikeme
Investment Funds
Prem Mohan
Financial Services Regulatory
Gilles Teerlinck
Capital Markets
Tim Volkheimer
Capital Markets


Los Angeles

Name

Practice Area

Ali-Reza Boloori
Intellectual Property Litigation
Jonathan Faria
Antitrust/Competition
David A. Klein
Litigation


Munich

Name

Practice Area

Dr. Bernhard Guthy
M&A/Private Equity
Dr. Wolfram Prusko
Restructuring


New York

Name

Practice Area

Andy Barton
Executive Compensation
Willard S. Boothby
M&A/Private Equity
Inbal Hasbani
Litigation
Alex Henriques
Intellectual Property Litigation
Adi Herman
M&A/Private Equity
Claire E. James
M&A/Private Equity
Ryan Kane
Intellectual Property Litigation
Kathryn Keves Leonard
Debt Finance
Adele P. Maloney Thomas
M&A/Private Equity
James H. McConnell
Intellectual Property Litigation
Peter M. McCormack
Antitrust/Competition
K. Derek Pease
Investment Funds
Samara L. Penn
Litigation
Joshua L. Simmons
Intellectual Property Litigation
Robert J. Stein
Debt Finance
Dmitriy Tishyevich
Litigation
Jeremy D. Wilson
Intellectual Property Litigation


Palo Alto

Name

Practice Area

Eric Cheng
Intellectual Property Litigation
Tom Connors
Technology & IP Transactions
Rodin M. Hai-Jew
M&A/Private Equity
Navneeta Rekhi
M&A/Private Equity
Lilit Voskanyan
M&A/Private Equity


San Francisco

Name

Practice Area

Matthew Cohen
Investment Funds
Stefanie I. Gitler
Environmental Transactions
Christopher R. Harding
M&A/Private Equity
Jessica S. Isokawa
M&A/Private Equity
Robert Kang
Intellectual Property Litigation
Melissa N. Koss
Restructuring
Katie Taylor
Debt Finance
Steve Yoo
Investment Funds


Washington, D.C.

Name

Practice Area

Edward A. Liva, Jr.
Litigation - Government, Regulatory and Internal Investigations
John S. Moran
Litigation
Veronica T. Nunn
M&A/Private Equity

 

NOTE:  In general, the admission date will be October 1, 2016, or such later date when any necessary regulatory requirements have been complied with.