Press Release

Kirkland & Ellis Announces New Partners

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 151 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective today.

Austin

Name

Practice Area

Emily Lichtenheld

M&A/Private Equity

Brice Lipman

M&A/Private Equity

Patrick V. Salvo

M&A/Private Equity

Kate Rainey Willson

M&A/Private Equity

 

Bay Area

Name

Practice Area

James Brownstein

M&A/Private Equity

James Devereux

Investment Funds

Jana Glock

M&A/Private Equity

Amber Harezlak

Technology & IP Transactions

Eva Mak

M&A/Private Equity

Rachel O’Brien

Investment Funds

Andrew D. Walker

M&A/Private Equity

Emma Whenham

Investment Funds

 

Boston

Name

Practice Area

Daniel S. Connelly

M&A/Private Equity

Benjamin J. Dionne

M&A/Private Equity

Kyle E. Garry

Investment Funds

Anne Marie Martin

Investment Funds

Julia S. Sternman

Investment Funds

Daniel W. Vaczy

M&A/Private Equity

 

Chicago

Name

Practice Area

Jonathan N. Adair

Litigation

Valentine Bleicher

M&A/Private Equity

Nick Carreri

Investment Funds

Michael J. Conroy

Tax

Matthew C. Darch

Technology & IP Transactions

Jonathan A. Dhanawade

M&A/Private Equity

Jaimie Fedell

Restructuring

Melesa A. Freerks

M&A/Private Equity

Miles Johnson

Tax

Kyle M. Kantarek

IP Litigation

Katie R. Lencioni

Litigation

Kyle P. McHugh

M&A/Private Equity

Kristen E. Molloy

M&A/Private Equity

Noah M. Mullin

Investment Funds

Kat Murphy

M&A/Private Equity

Brett R. Nelson

M&A/Private Equity

Kevin Pavloski

Investment Funds

Tim Pickert

Litigation

Jesse Lee Reising

Litigation

Jeremy D. Roux

IP Litigation

Daniel S. Schwimmer

Debt Finance

Jeffrey J. Seroogy

Technology & IP Transactions

Zharna Shah

Litigation

Brandon D. Stone

Litigation

Sam Stucker

M&A/Private Equity

Jenna M. Stupar

Litigation

Frances G. Tompson

Executive Compensation

Joel E. Weinberger

Asset Finance & Securitization

Matthew Whited

M&A/Private Equity

Sam Zeller

M&A/Private Equity

 

Dallas

Name

Practice Area

Camille Bacon-Schulte

Real Estate

Ben A. Barnes

Litigation

Ben Hardison

M&A/Private Equity

Shan A. Khan

Debt Finance

Danny Nappier

M&A/Private Equity

Jack R. Shirley

M&A/Private Equity

Rami Totari

M&A/Private Equity

 

Hong Kong

Name

Practice Area

Ethan Y. Chen

Capital Markets

Nicholas Liew

Investment Funds

 

Houston

Name

Practice Area

Alexandra Caritis

Litigation

Tabitha De Paulo

Litigation

James Dolphin

Environmental Transactions

Brandon C. Elliott

Debt Finance

Jennifer R. Gasser

M&A/Private Equity

Daniel P. Gross

IP Litigation

Mark Holden

Litigation

Lindsey M. Jaquillard

M&A/Private Equity

Atma Kabad

Capital Markets

Paul R. Knowlton

M&A/Private Equity

Hamish R. McCormack

Debt Finance

Stephen S. Noh

M&A/Private Equity

Ty'Meka M. Reeves-Sobers

Environmental Transactions

Samara Sanderson

Investment Funds

Randy S. Santa Ana

M&A/Private Equity

Rebekah McEntire

Litigation

Joshua Teahen

M&A/Private Equity

Joe Tobias

Tax

Matthew D. Turner

Capital Markets

 

London

Name

Practice Area

Samita T. Ali-Khan

Capital Markets

Stefan Arnold-Soulby

Debt Finance

Kanesh Balasubramaniam

Debt Finance

Henry Birch

M&A/Private Equity

Nick-Raj Birdi

M&A/Private Equity

Ian Clarke

Restructuring

James Collins

Debt Finance

Hannah Crawford

Restructuring

Agne (AJ) Eriksson

Investment Funds

Philipp Gnatzy

Antitrust & Competition

James Hunn

M&A/Private Equity

Zach Milloy

Financial Services Regulatory

Cillian Moynihan

M&A/Private Equity

John Patten

Technology & IP Transactions

Peter Pereira IP Litigation
Katerina Syomina Investment Funds
Athina Van Melkebeke Antitrust & Competition

Art Ward

Tax

Kai Zeng

Restructuring

 

Los Angeles

Name

Practice Area

Marcy Blattner

Litigation

Saghar Esfandiarifard

Litigation

Matthew Gamsin

Litigation

Paul Kang, Jr.

Debt Finance

Michael Lee

Investment Funds

Matthew N. Leist

Debt Finance

J. Patrick Park

IP Litigation

Lindsey Y. Shi

IP Litigation

Brook Sutton

Investment Funds

Christopher A. Urruela Stauss

Investment Funds

 

Munich

Name

Practice Area

Dr. Sebastian Häfele

M&A/Private Equity

Dr. David Huthmacher

M&A/Private Equity

 

New York

Name

Practice Area

Gilad Bendheim

Litigation

East Goitom Berhane

Debt Finance

Lindsay M. Borgeson

M&A/Private Equity - Healthcare

Jonathan D. Brit

IP Litigation

Christopher Burwell

M&A/Private Equity

Daniel R. Cellucci

Litigation

Sarah E. Curry

Capital Markets

Alexander C. Cushman

Debt Finance

James B. Dickson

Debt Finance

Jake A. Ebers

Executive Compensation

Allison Gallagher

Capital Markets

Jeffrey R. Goldfine

Litigation

Christopher Ilardi

IP Litigation

Jaye Kasper

M&A/Private Equity

April Larkin

M&A/Private Equity

Eduardo M. Leal

M&A/Private Equity

Kurt Lyn

M&A/Private Equity

Mark C. McLennan

IP Litigation

Kevin M. Neylan, Jr.

Litigation

Steven Ort

Tax

Eric L. Perelman

Investment Funds

Evangelia Podaras

Employment & Labor

Noah Qiao

Investment Funds

Damien J. Rose

Tax

Tobias Dylan Schad

M&A/Private Equity

Sarah J. Schultes

Litigation

Adarsh Varghese

M&A/Private Equity

Lanre Williams

Real Estate

Matthew Wood

Executive Compensation

Jabir Yusoff

Executive Compensation

 

Paris

Name

Practice Area

Sonia Bouaffassa

Tax

Emmanuel Enrici

M&A/Private Equity

Louis Gosset

M&A/Private Equity

 

Washington D.C.

Name

Practice Area

Lucille Hague

International Trade & National Security

Andrew C. Lawrence

Appellate

Emily Merki Long

Litigation

T.J. McCarrick

Litigation

Samantha R. Morelli

Antitrust & Competition

K. Ross Powell

Litigation

Joseph C. Schroeder

Litigation

Carrie Schroll

International Trade & National Security

C. Alex Shank

IP Litigation

Sarah Smith

Litigation

McClain Thompson

Litigation

 

Note: For certain partners, admission will take effect when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.


Litigation

Litigation

IP Litigation


Executive Compensation