Kirkland & Ellis Announces New Partners
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 90 attorneys will be promoted to partner effective Oct. 1, 2015.
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 corporate, restructuring and tax, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, and intellectual property and technology 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.
Chicago
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Paul Anderson | Corporate |
| William Arnault | Litigation |
| Peter Bartoszek | Litigation |
| Ian J. Block | Intellectual Property |
| Jessica Bluebond-Langner | Litigation |
| Katie Bolanowski | Corporate |
| Brian Borchard | Litigation |
| Joydeep Dasmunshi | Corporate |
| Vikas K. Didwania | Litigation |
| Yates French | Litigation |
| Craig Garvey | Corporate |
| Bradley Thomas Giordano | Restructuring |
| Melissa R. Grim | Employee Benefits |
| Daniel A. Guerin | Corporate |
| John O. Gunderson | Corporate |
| Ryan P. Haas | Corporate |
| Bill Helmstetter | Intellectual Property |
| Kristina Hendricks | Intellectual Property |
| Ryan Hubbard | Intellectual Property |
| Russell King | Litigation |
| Timothy W. Knapp | Litigation |
| Sean Z. Kramer | Corporate |
| Krystle Lamprecht | Real Estate |
| Andrew Lillis | Corporate |
| Matthew M. Mauney | Corporate |
| Josh McLane | Tax |
| Megan M. New | Intellectual Property |
| Cole Parker | Corporate |
| Sean Powers | Litigation |
| Gregory Sanford | Intellectual Property |
| Jessica Schultz | Real Estate |
| Nora S. Tauke Schweighart | Restructuring |
| Ana Sempertegui | Corporate |
| Steven Serajeddini | Restructuring |
| Hayley Smith | Corporate |
| Christopher M. Thomas | Corporate |
| Michael Thorpe | Litigation |
| Kate Wheaton Warner | Litigation |
Hong Kong
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Xiaoxi Lin |
Corporate |
London
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Carl Bradshaw | Corporate |
| Robert Bradshaw | Debt Finance |
| Jifree Cader | Restructuring |
| Aprajita Dhundia | Corporate |
| Neema Dowson-Collins | Litigation |
| Justin Gardner | Corporate |
| Kirsteen Nicol | Debt Finance |
|
Fatema Orjela |
Corporate |
Los Angeles
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Jay Bhimani | Litigation |
| Sierra Elizabeth | Litigation |
| Tanya Greene | Litigation |
| Justin Singh | Intellectual Property |
| Brandon Vongsawad | Corporate |
Munich
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Christine Kaniak | Corporate |
| Carl Pickerill | Restructuring |
New York
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Ravi Agarwal | Corporate |
| Shireen Barday | Litigation |
| David Beller | Corporate |
| Stephen Butler | Tax |
| Esther Chiang | Corporate |
| David A. Curtiss | Corporate |
| David N. Draper | Intellectual Property |
| Pat Evans | Restructuring |
| Robert Gretch | Litigation |
| Brian Hecht | Corporate |
| Bonnie L. Jarrett | Intellectual Property |
| Nate Kritzer | Litigation |
| John Kupiec | Corporate |
| Stefan Miller | Intellectual Property |
| Stefan Paulovic | Corporate |
| David B. Sherman | Private Funds |
| Laura Sullivan | Corporate |
| Ross Weiner | Litigation |
Palo Alto
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Archit P. Shah | Intellectual Property |
San Francisco
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Brandon Brown | Intellectual Property |
| Michael Esser | Litigation |
| Matthew Goulding | Corporate |
| Abtin Jalali | Corporate |
| Danielle M. Quinn | Private Funds |
| Leah Recht | Corporate |
Shanghai
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Agnes X. Li | Litigation |
Washington, D.C.
|
Name |
Practice Area |
| Alexandra Farmer | Environmental |
| Patrick Haney | Litigation |
| Katherine Katz | Litigation |
| Helena Kiepura | Intellectual Property |
| Patrick Montgomery | Litigation |
| Claire McCusker Murray | Litigation |
| Craig Murray | Intellectual Property |
| Brendan Reed | Corporate |
| Jason Wilcox | Intellectual Property |
| Jodi Wu | Litigation |
NOTE: In general, the admission date will be October 1, 2015, or such later date when any necessary regulatory requirements have been complied with.
