Kirkland & Ellis Announces New Partners
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 193 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective October 1, 2022.
Austin
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Sean McClay | Debt Finance | 
Bay Area
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Katya Boyko | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Kyle Calhoun | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Andrew Chan | Tax | 
| Courtney Chen | Investment Funds | 
| Zeke Couch | Investment Funds | 
| Michael Hanna | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Jared Maher | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Ankur Sharma | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Jessica Tjang | Debt Finance | 
Beijing
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Justin You Zhou | Capital Markets | 
Boston
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Brian Allen | Investment Funds | 
| S. Grant Bowen | Debt Finance | 
| Larissa Cespedes-Yaffar | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Charles Chen | Investment Funds | 
| Alexander Flynn-Tabloff | Employment & Labor | 
| Tiffany M. Knapp | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Scott Lenahan | Investment Funds | 
| Alisha Patterson | Investment Funds | 
Chicago
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Amelia Bailey | Litigation | 
| Michael F. Black | Investment Funds | 
| Kelsey Bleiweiss | Litigation | 
| Cassandra Catalano | Litigation | 
| Chris Chase | Employee Benefits | 
| Bernadette Coppola | Technology & IP Transactions | 
| Lee Discher | Debt Finance | 
| Hannah Ehrenberg | Real Estate | 
| Cot Eversole | Capital Markets | 
| Cameron Ginder | Litigation | 
| Jessica Giulitto | Litigation | 
| Emily Hogan | Debt Finance | 
| Kevin Jacobsen | Technology & IP Transactions | 
| Nathan Jimenez | Investment Funds | 
| Justin Joffe | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Deidre Kalenderian | Executive Compensation | 
| James Kestler | Litigation | 
| Dan Latona | Restructuring | 
| Michael LeFevour | Litigation | 
| Patrick Loughery | Debt Finance | 
| Caroline Lourgos | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Kevin McClelland | Restructuring | 
| Ryan McNish | Investment Funds | 
| Taylor Melching | M&A and Private Equity | 
| A.J. Million | Capital Markets | 
| Patricia Radkowski | Litigation | 
| Bruce Ratain | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Tricia Schwallier Collins | Restructuring | 
| Ashley Sinclair | Capital Markets | 
| Kevin Stocks | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Andrew Struckmeyer | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Eric Sweigard | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Julia Trotta | Investment Funds | 
| Jordan Turban Miles | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Patrick Valenti | Investment Funds | 
| Daniella Vespoli | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Neil Vohra | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Kate Walling | Litigation | 
| Andrew Walter | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Jenny Warfield | Real Estate | 
| Nicholas Warther | Tax | 
| Michael Wester | Investment Funds | 
| Margaret Yeager | Private Equity/Private Investment & Family Office | 
| Ziyad Ziyadzade | M&A and Private Equity | 
Dallas
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Victoria Acuff | Real Estate | 
| Noah Allen | Capital Markets | 
| Layton Bell | Debt Finance | 
| Rudgee S. Charles | Asset Finance & Securitization | 
| William C. Eiland II | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Rebecca Fine | Tax | 
| Ruben Garcia | Litigation | 
| Catharine Hansard | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Sable Hodson | Litigation | 
| Randall W. Miller | Litigation | 
Hong Kong
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Ryan Choi | Capital Markets | 
| Min Lu | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Stacey Shen | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Shinong Wang | Investment Funds | 
| Ling Zhu | Investment Funds | 
Houston
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Jennifer Cornejo | Environmental Transactions | 
| Patrick Corrigan | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Alia Heintz | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Ieuan List | Capital Markets | 
| Rex Manning | Litigation | 
| Patrick Y. Moneypenny | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Ryan Phelps | Tax | 
| Scott Reid | Debt Finance | 
| Anthony Sanderson | Capital Markets | 
| Zach Savrick | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Shainee Shah | Litigation | 
| Billy Vranish | Capital Markets | 
| Camille Walker | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Fraser Wayne | M&A and Private Equity | 
London
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Gabriella Bornstein | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Aisling Campbell | Investment Funds | 
| Jacqueline Clover | Technology & IP Transactions | 
| Chris Connolly | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Daniel D’Ambrosio | ESG and Impact | 
| Sion Davies | Antitrust & Competition | 
| John de Rohan-Truba | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Jack Donelan | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Emma Faulkner-Hill | Tax | 
| Joel Gory | Antitrust & Competition | 
| Ben Hai | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Rehan Hanif | Debt Finance | 
| Gabe Harley | Restructuring | 
| Hamesh Khatkar | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Victoria Legg | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Chrystel Marincich | Capital Markets | 
| Patrick Navein | Litigation | 
| Jiri Peterka | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Lorenza Prelz Oltramonti | Investment Funds | 
| David Pritchett | Investment Funds | 
| Emma Reid | Financial Services Regulatory | 
| Oscar Robinson | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Claire Rushton | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Shahrzad Sadjadi | Antitrust & Competition | 
| Noah Stewart-Ornstein | Litigation | 
| Jamie Thomson | Investment Funds | 
Los Angeles
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Yvonne Beeler | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Matthew Benedetto | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Sam Blake | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Yungmoon Chang | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Eric Cohen | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Caroline Epstein | Debt Finance | 
| Amelia Gordon | Debt Finance | 
| Andrew Hurley | Debt Finance | 
| Garry Padrta | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Ingrid Petersen | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Christopher Raidy | Debt Finance | 
| Michael Rosenberg | Litigation | 
| Matthew Summers | Litigation | 
Munich
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Marlene Ruf | Restructuring | 
New York
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Sara Allawi | Investment Funds | 
| Rachael Bentley | Restructuring | 
| Guillemette Chamayou | Investment Funds | 
| Jacob Clark | Real Estate | 
| Linda Dahl | Investment Funds | 
| Nathaniel DeLucia | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Samuel Dykstra | Environmental Transactions | 
| Vera Esses | Litigation | 
| Ciara Foster | Restructuring | 
| Peter C. Fritz | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Asaf Gamzo | Investment Funds | 
| J. Todd Garcia, Jr. | Antitrust & Competition | 
| Olivia George | Debt Finance | 
| Zoey Hitzert | Capital Markets | 
| Timothy Hughes | Debt Finance | 
| Derek Hunter | Restructuring | 
| Rex Hupy | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Jake Jung | Tax | 
| Olga Kamensky | Investment Funds | 
| Jennifer Karinen | Capital Markets | 
| Kim Kaufman | Investment Funds | 
| Katy Kim | Investment Funds | 
| John Kleinjan | Executive Compensation | 
| Jenny Lee | Litigation | 
| Christie Mok | Capital Markets | 
| Thomas Norelli | Trusts & Estates | 
| Eugene Park | Debt Finance | 
| Leila Ravi | Debt Finance | 
| Brittany Roger | Debt Finance | 
| Joanna Schlingbaum | Technology & IP Transactions | 
| Fishel Schreiber | Executive Compensation | 
| Ned Schultheis | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Allyson Smith | Restructuring | 
| Dominic Spence | Real Estate | 
| Haley Stern | Litigation | 
| Amanda Katlowitz Strickler | Investment Funds | 
| David M. Towarnicky | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Charles Wehbe | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Colin Zelicof | M&A and Private Equity | 
Salt Lake City
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Paul Hendrickson | Tax | 
| Cameron Leishman | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Matthew Pinegar | Investment Funds | 
| Elena Simion | M&A and Private Equity | 
| Spencer Topham | M&A and Private Equity | 
Shanghai
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Sally Han | Litigation | 
| Nelson Ni | M&A and Private Equity | 
Washington D.C.
| Name | Practice Area | 
| Patrick Arnett | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| David Branham | Executive Compensation | 
| Erin Cady | Litigation | 
| Katherine Canning | Litigation | 
| Steven Cantor | Tax | 
| Michelle Sliwinski DeMaio | Environmental Transactions | 
| Katie Drummonds | Antitrust & Competition | 
| Lucie Duvall | Antitrust & Competition/Consumer Protection | 
| Don Hong | Litigation | 
| Mary Miller | Litigation | 
| Karthik Ravishankar | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Emily Scott | Intellectual Property Litigation | 
| Ben Wallace | Litigation | 
| Sally Ye | Executive Compensation | 
Note: For certain partners, admission will take effect when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.