Farewell, Freshfields: Higgins lands at Kirkland two months early
Ex-Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner David Higgins has arrived at Kirkland & Ellis after four months of gardening leave.
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Kirkland & Ellis has been on something of a roll for the past few years, both in London and globally, but even in that context 2018 has so far proved to be a red-letter year. Kirkland & Ellis’s record global financial results for the 2017 year propelled it to its position as the largest law […]
Kirkland gender pay gap: Men are paid 68% more
Kirkland & Ellis pays men 68.2 per cent more than women per hour, the latest gender pay gap figures reveal.
Kirkland breaks $300m barrier in record City financials
Kirkland & Ellis’ London office revenue grew by almost 50 per cent in 2017 to a new record of $300m, The Lawyer understands. The rise makes it the second-largest US law firm in London on current data behind White & Case. The rise in 2017 follows a much smaller increase the year before, when Kirkland’s […]
Exclusive: Kirkland raids four firms for restructuring push
Kirkland & Ellis has taken four lawyers from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Orrick to bolster its London restructuring capability.
Kirkland & Ellis has taken four lawyers from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe to bolster its London restructuring capability.
Kirkland scores key mandate as Toys R Us enters administration
Kirkland & Ellis (K&E) has secured another key mandate for Toys R Us as it has emerged that the retail chain has fallen into administration.
Kirkland poaches two from Norton Rose and Simpson Thacher in infrastructure push
Kirkland & Ellis (K&E) has strengthened its infrastructure finance practice with a pair of hires from Norton Rose Fulbright and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Kirkland hiring spree continues with acquisition of Latham private equity star
Kirkland & Ellis has hired Latham & Watkins’ global co-chair of private equity, Jennifer Perkins. Based in New York, Perkins primarily acts for private equity sponsors in leveraged buyouts, dispositions and other corporate transactions. “Kirkland has a deep bench of talented attorneys, many of whom I’ve worked with throughout my career, and has an outstanding […]
Global 200: The invisible US firms in London
As the first-ever Global 200 report, published next week, will highlight, while London remains one of the world’s legal market magnets many US firms either choose or are forced to remain small in the City and below the radar.
The long read: Why Kirkland went wobbly in London
Dearbail Jordan looks at Kirkland’s London office.
“It takes time to convince people to leave their comfort zone”: Jim Learner talks Kirkland’s big name hires
When Kirkland & Ellis’ London head Graham White quit the firm last October to join Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, there were a few names in the frame to succeed him (13 October 2014). But former London chief Jim Learner was not one of them. The lawyer, who helped to establish Kirkland’s London office […]