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.