Kirkland & Ellis Announces New Partners
Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that 83 attorneys will be promoted to partner effective October 1, 2014.
The names, practice groups and office locations of the attorneys follow.
Kirkland & Ellis is a 1,600-attorney law firm representing global clients in complex litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration, corporate and tax, restructuring, and intellectual property matters. The Firm has offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.
Beijing
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Name |
Practice Area |
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Mengyu Lu |
Corporate |
Chicago
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Name |
Practice Area |
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Matthew S. Arenson |
Corporate |
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Rana Barakat |
Litigation |
|
Kevin R. Bettsteller |
Corporate |
|
Paul Daniel Bond |
Intellectual Property |
|
Elizabeth A. Cutri |
Intellectual Property |
|
Casey R. Fronk |
Litigation |
|
Leslie S. Garthwaite |
Litigation |
|
Eugene Goryunov |
Intellectual Property |
|
William A. Guerrieri |
Restructuring |
|
Matthew R. Hays |
Corporate |
|
Shay-Ann Heiser Singh |
Litigation |
|
Zachary D. Holmstead |
Litigation |
|
Charles J. Kalil, II |
Litigation |
|
Benjamin T. Kurtz |
Litigation |
|
Daniel D. Lewis |
Intellectual Property |
|
Aaron Lorber |
Intellectual Property |
|
Simeon G. Papacostas |
Intellectual Property |
|
Michael W. Perl |
Corporate |
|
Ferlillia V. Roberson |
Intellectual Property |
|
Luke C. Ruse |
Litigation |
|
Gregory C. Ryckman |
Litigation |
|
Hari Santhanam |
Intellectual Property |
|
Alec Solotorovsky |
Litigation |
|
Jessica L. Staiger |
Litigation |
|
Brad Weiland |
Restructuring |
|
David M. Wolff |
Real Estate |
Hong Kong
|
Name |
Practice Area |
|
Joey Chau |
Corporate |
|
Damian Jacobs |
Corporate |
|
Soo-Yien Khor |
Corporate |
|
Steve Lin |
Corporate |
|
Peng Qi |
Corporate |
London
|
Name |
Practice Area |
|
Oliver Currall |
Tax |
|
Emma L. Flett |
Intellectual Property |
|
Andrew Hagan |
Corporate |
|
Mark Knight |
Restructuring |
|
Mateja Maher |
Corporate |
|
Matthew Merkle |
Corporate |
|
Bryan Robson |
Debt Finance |
|
Jonathan Tadd |
Corporate |
Los Angeles
|
Name |
Practice Area |
|
Erin C. Kolter |
Intellectual Property |
|
Christopher M. Lawless |
Intellectual Property |
|
Sharre Lotfollahi |
Intellectual Property |
|
Alice Yuan |
Corporate |
Munich
|
Name |
Practice Area |
|
Dr. Marcus Klie |
Corporate |
New York
|
Name |
Practice Area |
|
Devora W. Allon |
Litigation |
|
Jared Bárcenas |
Intellectual Property |
|
Jon R. Carter |
Intellectual Property |
|
Andrew C. Day |
Corporate |
|
Charles R. Fellers |
Corporate |
|
Warren Haskel |
Litigation |
|
Suzi Sabogal |
Executive Compensation |
|
Leslie M. Schmidt |
Intellectual Property |
|
Nicholas Schwartz |
Corporate |
|
Jennifer B. Sheehan |
Real Estate |
|
Kristin Sheffield-Whitehead |
Litigation |
|
Eric D. Sievertsen |
Corporate |
|
Vincent P. Thorn |
Tax |
|
Paul Watt* |
Corporate |
Palo Alto
|
Name |
Practice Area |
|
Alex S. Kaufman |
Corporate |
|
Brian W. Lee |
Intellectual Property |
San Francisco
|
Name |
Practice Area |
|
Akshay Deoras |
Intellectual Property |
|
Vlad J. Kroll |
Corporate |
|
Matt Nadworny |
Corporate |
|
Priya Purnachandra Pai |
Corporate |
|
Patricia Ring |
Trusts and Estates |
Shanghai
|
Name |
Practice Area |
|
Cheryl Yuan |
Corporate |
|
Tiana Zhang** |
Litigation |
Washington, D.C.
|
Name |
Practice Area |
|
K. Winn Allen |
Litigation |
|
Heather A. Bloom |
Litigation |
|
Marin Boney |
Antitrust and Competition |
|
Anders P. Fjellstedt |
Intellectual Property |
|
Jonathan F. Ganter |
Litigation |
|
Michael A. Glick |
Litigation |
|
Liam P. Hardy |
Litigation |
|
Jonathan D. Janow |
Litigation |
|
Ebony Sunala Johnson |
Litigation |
|
Jonathan E. Kidwell |
Environmental Transactions |
|
Joseph R. Oliveri |
Litigation |
|
Michael A. Petrino |
Litigation |
|
Michael Podberesky |
Litigation |
|
Tia T. Trout-Perez |
Litigation |
|
Sarah Hawkins Warren |
Litigation |
* Not yet permitted to practice in New York
** Promoted from Of Counsel or Counsel to partner.
NOTE: In general, the admission date will be October 1, 2014, or such later date when any necessary regulatory requirements have been complied with.
