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In a Rare Move, a Cravath Partner Leaves for Another Firm

Sarkis Jebejian has joined the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group.

The article reads, "It is almost unheard of for a partner to leave Cravath, Swaine & Moore, one of the country’s most profitable and prestigious law firms. It is even rarer still for a partner to leave Cravath for another firm. Yet corporate lawyer Sarkis Jebejian did just that."

Jeffrey Hammes, the chairman of Kirkland's Global Executive Committee, said "Sarkis is one of the country’s leading M&A practitioners with significant experience representing clients on a wide range of transactional, corporate governance and M&A work."

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This article appeared in its entirety in the December 17, 2012 edition of The New York Times.