Press Release

Kirkland & Ellis Announces New Partners

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 145 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective today.

Boston

Name

Practice Area

Payson W. Lyman

M&A/Private Equity

Dena H. Medford

M&A/Private Equity

Casey O'Brien

Investment Funds

Josh Peary

Debt Finance

Matthew J. Smith

Investment Funds

 

Chicago

Name

Practice Area

Joshua M. Altman

Restructuring

Peter K. Anderson

M&A/Private Equity

Michael S. Biehl

Litigation

Mary Liz Brady

Debt Finance

Katherine Bryan

M&A/Private Equity

Zachary A. Ciullo

Litigation

Adria M. Crowe

Employee Benefits

Margaret R.T. Dewar

Tax

Rosalyn K. Flores

M&A/Private Equity

Whitney C. Fogelberg

Restructuring

Tasha Francis Gerasimow

Intellectual Property Litigation

Kent J. Hayden

Litigation

Todd Herst

Technology & IP Transactions

Sean Hilson

Debt Finance

Theresa Cederoth Horan

Litigation

Sam Ikard

Litigation

Hanaa Kaloti

Litigation

Christopher S. Koenig

Restructuring

John Z. Kosir

M&A/Private Equity

Nikhil R. Krishnan

Intellectual Property Litigation

Laura Krucks

Restructuring

Christine M. Lehman

Tax

Taryn E. Lewis

Litigation

Rebecca Liu

Executive Compensation

Erika P. López

M&A/Private Equity

John R. Luze

Restructuring

Allison A. Ray

Litigation

Anne Reser

Litigation

Erica Rozow

Employee Benefits

Brendan E. Ryan

Litigation

Reed T. Schuster

Investment Funds

Christina E. Sharkey

Litigation

Austin B. Stephenson

Litigation

India D. Williams

Litigation

 

Dallas

Name

Practice Area

Michael Kalis

Litigation

Joshua Merrill

M&A/Private Equity

Rachael A. Rezabek

Antitrust/Competition

Conrad Steele

Real Estate

 

Hong Kong

Name

Practice Area

Gautam Agarwal

Debt Finance

Judy Huang

M&A/Private Equity

Fergus Saurin

Litigation

Julia Yu

M&A/Private Equity

 

Houston

Name

Practice Area

Adam Garmezy

M&A/Private Equity

Robert P. Goodin

M&A/Private Equity

Lance Hancock

Capital Markets

Will Mabry

M&A/Private Equity

R.J. Malenfant

M&A/Private Equity

Mitch McClellan

Debt Finance

Ryan C. Myers

Litigation

Erik Shoemaker

M&A/Private Equity

 

London

Name

Practice Area

Alex Brodkin

Investment Funds

Dan Clarke

M&A/Private Equity

Shane Cranley

Antitrust/Competition

Adrian Duncan

M&A/Private Equity

Rachel Greenhalgh

M&A/Private Equity

Gloria Ho

Investment Funds

Lloyd Jones

Debt Finance

James King

Investment Funds

Daniel McMann

M&A/Private Equity

Cian O'Connor

Tax

Sam Sherwood

Debt Finance

Sophie M. Smith

Investment Funds

Sam Trowbridge

Tax

Alexander van der Gaag

Debt Finance

Tana Wilner Investment Funds

Thomas Woodhead

Financial Services Regulatory

 

Los Angeles

Name

Practice Area

Shawn Bagdasarian

Debt Finance

Zachary W. Byer

Litigation

Sara Campbell

M&A/Private Equity

Michele M. Cumpston

M&A/Private Equity

Yimeng Dou

Intellectual Property Litigation

Mark D. Fahey

Intellectual Property Litigation

Kimia Ghalambor

Real Estate

Josh Glucoft

Intellectual Property Litigation

Whang Ki Josh Jang

Debt Finance

Jean A. Lee

M&A/Private Equity

Ashley Neglia

Litigation

Evan M. Roberts

M&A/Private Equity

Katie Roddy

Real Estate

Lauren Schweitzer

Intellectual Property Litigation

R.E. Scott Syverson

M&A/Private Equity

Caleb Vesey

M&A/Private Equity

 

Munich

Name

Practice Area

Dr. Christoph Jerger

M&A/Private Equity

Dr. Josef Parzinger

Restructuring

 

New York

Name

Practice Area

Jennifer L. Baumgarten

Capital Markets

Rebecca Blake Chaikin

Restructuring

Alexandra Chauvin

Investment Funds

Jordan T. Cohen

M&A/Private Equity

Romain Dambre

M&A/Private Equity

Douglas DiMedio

M&A/Private Equity

Lucy Frey

Executive Compensation

Scott Fryman

Tax

Alexander J. Gelski

Litigation

Chris Hinman

Technology & IP Transactions

Kyla Jackson

Litigation

Jean Jeong

Investment Funds

Shreyas B. Jhaveri

Investment Funds

John S. Kefer

Debt Finance

Christine A. Lacku

Employment & Labor

Sheldon Hunt Laing

Investment Funds

Kevin Lam

Investment Funds

Michael J. Milazzo

Tax

Madelyn A. Morris

Litigation

Malhar Naik

Executive Compensation

Alexander J. Nicas

Restructuring

Arlene J. Ortiz-Leytte

M&A/Private Equity

Vivek Ratnam

Tax

Tara L. Rhoades

Tax

Lukas David Richards

M&A/Private Equity

Ashley Ross

Intellectual Property Litigation

Aaron Michael Schleicher

Capital Markets

Nolan Stanton

Real Estate

Ben Steadman

Debt Finance

Allie Strang

Litigation

Jennifer Wang

Investment Funds

 

San Francisco

Name

Practice Area

Michael C. Allers

M&A/Private Equity

Caitlin Bouey

Debt Finance

Travis J. Distaso

M&A/Private Equity

Natalie Flechsig

Intellectual Property Litigation

Shayne Henry

Litigation

Ari Levi

M&A/Private Equity

Simon C. Root

M&A/Private Equity

Michael Saretsky

Environmental Transactions

Anna Terteryan

Litigation

Carol Hsing Wang

Tax

 

Shanghai

Name

Practice Area

Yue Qiu

Litigation

 

Washington D.C.

Name

Practice Area

Nickolas Barber

Litigation

Patrick Brown

Litigation

Haley L. Darling

Litigation

Nichole DeJulio

Intellectual Property Litigation

Aaron Ellias

Investment Funds

Stephanie Greco

Antitrust/Competition

Sydney Jones

Employment & Labor

Mike Kilgarriff

Litigation

Jennie Morawetz

Environmental

Julie M.K. Siegal

Appellate Litigation

Thomas Strumpf

Investment Funds

Andrew L. Stuyvenberg

Energy Regulatory

Katie M. Sullivan

M&A/Private Equity

Holly Trogdon

Litigation

 

NOTE:  In general the admission date will be October 1, 2020 or such later date when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.