Kirkland Makes Key Hire

Summary:

The London office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP added its final missing piece of UK law capability when it hired tax partner Ian Taplin from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Taplin, a trained barrister and chartered accountant, was one of the leading tax structuring partners of PwC's M&A group. Taplin joins Kirkland as the firm's fourth UK qualified partner.

"Ian is a very high quality person who is well known particularly in the private equity area, which is very important for us," said Stuart Mills, founding partner of Kirkland's London office.

This article appeared in its entirety in the November 1, 2003 issue of Legal Business.