Press Release

Kirkland & Ellis Announces New Partners

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that 200 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective October 1, 2024.

Austin

Name

Practice Area

Tanya Jane Embers

Debt Finance

Kelly King

M&A and Private Equity

James John Lomeo

Intellectual Property Litigation

Rachel Malhiet

Tax

John L. Polansky

Intellectual Property Litigation

 

Bay Area

Name

Practice Area

Alistair Blacklock

Litigation

Michael Brar

Investment Funds

Psalm Cheung

Antitrust & Competition

Benjamin J. Jain

M&A and Private Equity

Todd Melchior

Investment Funds

Sean O'Connell

Investment Funds

Seth J. Pritchard

Technology & IP Transactions

Christopher Simpson

Investment Funds

Julia Waterhous

ESG & Impact

Michael White

M&A and Private Equity

 

Boston

Name

Practice Area

Elizabeth M. Kelly

Litigation

Tony Mu

Investment Funds

William G. Phalen

International Trade & National Security

Kimberly Snyder

M&A and Private Equity


Chicago

Name

Practice Area

Sarah K. Angelino

Litigation

Brian D. Arnfelt

M&A and Private Equity

Josephine Bae

M&A and Private Equity

Francesco A. Castaldi

M&A and Private Equity

Shirley Chan

Litigation

Alan Chen

M&A and Private Equity

Rob Dixon

M&A and Private Equity

Wes Gangi

Investment Funds

Frankie P. Gregg

M&A and Private Equity

Gabriela Zamfir Hensley

Restructuring

Adam M. Janes

Intellectual Property Litigation

Matthew Kita

Debt Finance

Jacob A. Klapholz

Debt Finance

Kelly McGinnis Kluka

Healthcare

Mike Kraft

Litigation

Neal Loughery

Debt Finance

Joshua Morgan

Investment Funds

Neha Nigam

Litigation

Caitlin Pyrce

Employee Benefits

Zoe Quick

M&A and Private Equity

Jasmina H. Resic

Investment Funds

Scottie Shermetaro

Technology & IP Transactions

Chris Stackhouse

Litigation

Claire Stephens

Restructuring

Katie J. Welch

Litigation

Carolyn J. Weltman

Litigation

 

Dallas

Name

Practice Area

Jessica Berkowitz

M&A and Private Equity

John Christian

Litigation

Alexandra Dayneka-Hayes

M&A and Private Equity

Matthew Taylor Demopoulos

Debt Finance

James B. Kelly

Debt Finance

Ethan Joel Levinton

Litigation

Thomas Matteson

M&A and Private Equity

Jordan Rex

M&A and Private Equity

Skyler Sikes

M&A and Private Equity

Adam Wojcik

M&A and Private Equity

 

Hong Kong

Name

Practice Area

Yawen Li

M&A and Private Equity

Mavis Sun

Restructuring

Mack Wan

Investment Funds

Jiayi Wang

M&A and Private Equity

Jonathan Yan

M&A and Private Equity

Leo Zhou

M&A and Private Equity

 

Houston

Name

Practice Area

Ahmed N. Alrikhaimi

Project Development & Construction

Jack Chadderdon

M&A and Private Equity

Susan Czaikowski

Investment Funds

Jarrod Hunter Gamble

M&A and Private Equity

Peter Hyams

M&A and Private Equity

Grant Jones

Litigation

Daniel J. Kirksey

Debt Finance

Rebekah Kostelak

Executive Compensation

Charles H. Martin

Debt Finance

Nicole Dressler Martin

Tax

Brandon A. Newman

Executive Compensation

Orla O'Callaghan

Litigation

Danielle O'Neal

Litigation

Brittany Scheier

M&A and Private Equity

Gabrielle Sumich

M&A and Private Equity

Brittany Taylor

Debt Finance

Jacob Volz

M&A and Private Equity

Nathan Wolcott

Investment Funds

Michael Denney Wright

Capital Markets

 

London

Name

Practice Area

Michael Akpomiemie

Tax

AJ Brown

Capital Markets

Fraser Burlingham

Investment Funds

Serguei Chevtchenko

Capital Markets

Gabrielle Chiu

Investment Funds

Alexander Clarke

Investment Funds

Fiona Coffee

M&A and Private Equity

Oliver Cutbill

Investment Funds

Jack Davies

Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations

Raluca Dumitru

Financial Services Regulatory

Jef Dupont

M&A and Private Equity

Jamie Gordon

M&A and Private Equity

Kristin Hanshaw

Investment Funds

Alexandra Holden

Debt Finance

Julian Holland

M&A and Private Equity

Samantha Jones

Antitrust & Competition

Rhett McPhie

Investment Funds

Kunal Nathwani

Tax

Joseph O'Brien

M&A and Private Equity

Rohan Sahai

Capital Markets

Luke Scott

Investment Funds

Will Seal

Restructuring

Daniel Stathis

Restructuring

Yanru Tao

Investment Funds

Ben Zeris

Technology & IP Transactions

 

Los Angeles

Name

Practice Area

Maisie Allison

Litigation

Elena Babakhanyan

Debt Finance

Spencer Brass

M&A and Private Equity

Timothy M. Cory

Investment Funds

Aura Gilham

Investment Funds

Nathaniel Edward Haas

Litigation

Sarkis Haroutunian

Real Estate

Phillip M. Kim

Real Estate

Leland Langston

Investment Funds

Peter Liskanich

M&A and Private Equity

Ugo Nwasike

Investment Funds

Joe Porter

M&A and Private Equity

Christian Rivas

Debt Finance

Michael J. Shea

Investment Funds

Philippe Simard

M&A and Private Equity

Van Whiting

Capital Markets

Andrew Won

Debt Finance

Arman Zadeh

Investment Funds

 

Miami

Name

Practice Area

Gardner Bell

M&A and Private Equity

Paige S. Comparato

Litigation

Ashley Garcia

Investment Funds

Ngozi J. Nezianya

M&A and Private Equity

Alex Roggio

Investment Funds

                    

Munich

Name

Practice Area

Johannes Lappe

Restructuring

Maximilian Liegl

M&A and Private Equity

Ann-Kathrin Ziegler

Restructuring

 

New York

Name

Practice Area

Marie-Joe Abi-Nassif

M&A and Private Equity

Nicholas Adzima

Restructuring

Vinicius A. Beraldo

Debt Finance

Maria L. Bourdeau

Trusts & Estates

Travis Bruno

Executive Compensation

Lisa S. Cha

Executive Compensation

Bradley Cho

Debt Finance

Julia Y. Choi

Debt Finance

Erica D. Clark

Restructuring

Paige N. Costakos

Executive Compensation

Ross J. Fiedler

Restructuring

John Folkerth

Investment Funds

Gina Park Garcia

Real Estate

Adamantia Giannakis

Real Estate

Amanda B. Gottlieb

M&A and Private Equity

Ethan Green

Investment Funds

Ashley Grolig

Litigation

Raghav Gupta

Debt Finance

Zahraa Hadi

M&A and Private Equity

Yoonie Han

Debt Finance

Matthew B. Hershkowitz

Intellectual Property Litigation

Adam Holzschuh

M&A and Private Equity

Alee Jamel

Tax

Anusheh Khoshsima

Employment & Labor

Esther Kim

Investment Funds

David B. Kobray

Debt Finance

Amanda Lamothe-Cadet

Litigation

Alexander Lazar

Investment Funds

Sandra Lewitz

M&A and Private Equity

Dan Li

M&A and Private Equity

Eric Li

M&A and Private Equity

Zachary R. Manning

Restructuring

Sumer Marquette

M&A and Private Equity

Ashley Martin

Debt Finance

Callie McBreen

Investment Funds

Annemarie Mierzejewski

Executive Compensation

Adam Mohamed

Debt Finance

Giorgia A. Nagalli

M&A and Private Equity

Ashlee Newman

Investment Funds

Patrick O'Connor

M&A and Private Equity

Abbey Quigley

Intellectual Property Litigation

Alix Simnock

M&A and Private Equity

Divya Suwasini

Investment Funds

Oliver Yee

M&A and Private Equity

 

Paris

Name

Practice Area

Louise Chappey

Tax

 

Riyadh

Name

Practice Area

Husni Almousli

Restructuring

 

Salt Lake City

Name

Practice Area

Robert M. Ahlander

Investment Funds

Michael Farrell

Tax

Mike Lehr

Litigation

Garrett W. Messerly

Litigation

Jonathan R. Palmer

Investment Funds

David R. Williams

Litigation

 

Washington, D.C.

 

Name

Practice Area

Chris Brassfield

Antitrust & Competition

Ashley Cade

Intellectual Property Litigation

Soowan Julia Choi

Litigation

Nicole M. Cleminshaw

Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations

Kayla M. Davis

Employment & Labor

Leah Hamlin

Litigation

Bradley Jensen

Debt Finance

William P. Lane

Investment Funds

Luke P. McGuire

Litigation

Matthew J. McIntee

Intellectual Property Litigation

Yaffa A. Meeran

Litigation

Camille Mott

Investment Funds

Meredith Pohl

Litigation

Chad Richards

Energy Regulatory

James C. Robinson

Litigation

Lauren Taylor

Antitrust & Competition

Lany L. Villalobos

Executive Compensation

 

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