Press Release

Kirkland & Ellis Announces New Partners

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 205 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective October 1, 2023.

Austin

Name

Practice Area

Daniel Cadis

M&A and Private Equity

Zack C. Ewing

Litigation

Alec Manzer

M&A and Private Equity

 

Bay Area

Name

Practice Area

Katherine Schloss Ackerman

M&A and Private Equity

Anna Baxendale

Investment Funds

Philip Castagnozzi Bush

M&A and Private Equity

Kathleen Marie Cloutier

M&A and Private Equity

Matt Dunnet

M&A and Private Equity

Leahana Grimley

M&A and Private Equity

Mary Kwan

Investment Funds

Yan-Xin Li

Intellectual Property Litigation

Garett Morin

M&A and Private Equity

Zak Morozov

Tax

Qasim Rasool

M&A and Private Equity

Martin A. Schwertmann

Technology & IP Transactions

Stephen M. Silva

Litigation

Christina A. Wa

Real Estate

 

Boston

Name

Practice Area

Ramen Costa

Investment Funds

Mathew Eapen

Investment Funds

Matthew Fisher

M&A and Private Equity

William Koch

Investment Funds

William N. Lay

M&A and Private Equity

Miranda Means

Intellectual Property Litigation

Nils Remole

M&A and Private Equity

Brandon Short

Tax

 

Chicago

Name

Practice Area

Nadia Abramson

Litigation

Amy Barber

Technology & IP Transactions

Robin W. Basu

Real Estate

Amarto Bhattacharyya

Litigation

Timothy Bow

Real Estate

Nicholas A. Cast

M&A and Private Equity

Lauren M. Cates

Executive Compensation

Philip M. Cooper

Litigation

Kaitlyn L. Coverstone

Litigation

Sarah M. Craig

Intellectual Property Litigation

Matt Dobleman

Debt Finance

Lauren N. Falk

Litigation

Christopher B. Grady

M&A and Private Equity

Christopher Hinojosa

Litigation

Keith Holt

Litigation

Alyssa Jutovsky

Investment Funds

Sarah Kimmer

Litigation

Mac M. Laban

Investment Funds

Kelsey Laugel

Antitrust & Competition

Jackson D. Lavelle

M&A and Private Equity

Steven J. Lindsay

Litigation

David Love

Debt Finance

Jeremy A. Mandell

M&A and Private Equity

Reid McEllrath

Litigation

Jeffrey Michalik

Restructuring

Rory M. Minnis

Tax

Timothy D. Nolan

Investment Funds

Angela C. Oldham

M&A and Private Equity

Steven A. Page

M&A and Private Equity

Jake Rambeau

Intellectual Property Litigation

Claire Rokita

Debt Finance

Taylor Rothman

Litigation

Nicholas M. Ruge

Litigation

Yusuf Salloum

Restructuring

Eric Scharphorn

Investment Funds

Lisa Tran

Real Estate

Patrick Weeks

Litigation

Alison J. Wirtz

Restructuring

Benjamin Woodring

Litigation

Christopher J. Worek

Tax

 

Dallas

Name

Practice Area

Chelsea Bedotto

Executive Compensation

Karsten Busby

Executive Compensation

Marco Chan

Debt Finance

Purun Cheong

Debt Finance

Sydne K. Collier

Litigation

Clint Cowan

Litigation

Steven M. Keithley

Debt Finance

Jacqueline Scioli

M&A and Private Equity

 

Hong Kong

Name

Practice Area

Jerry Choi

Investment Funds

John Curran

Debt Finance

Brandon Ovington

Debt Finance

Joshua Payne

M&A and Private Equity

Anthony Wijaya

Restructuring

Raymond Wong

M&A and Private Equity

Ashlee Wu

Capital Markets

Grace Zhu

Litigation

 

Houston

Name

Practice Area

Osaro Aifuwa

Debt Finance

Xavier Avery

Litigation

Angela Hagerman

Debt Finance

Fernanda M. Langa

M&A and Private Equity

James R. Long

M&A and Private Equity

Blake X. Longoria

M&A and Private Equity

Katherine C. Nemeth

Executive Compensation

Christine Shang

Litigation

Jonathan Paul Strom

M&A and Private Equity

Jacob Walley

Tax

Michelle Williamson

Debt Finance

 

London

Name

Practice Area

Dana Abdulkarim

M&A and Private Equity

Mallika Abidi

Restructuring

Irfan Ahmed

M&A and Private Equity

Anna Maria Alexandrou

Investment Funds

Anthony Antioch

Tax

Nick Appleton

M&A and Private Equity

Rory Clarke

Intellectual Property Litigation

Sandipan De

Debt Finance

Monica Gemes

M&A and Private Equity

Max Harris

Technology & IP Transactions

Jerome Hoyle

Debt Finance

William Jensen

Intellectual Property Litigation

Matthew Jobson

Investment Funds

Anan Ju

Investment Funds

Sky Kim

Financial Services Regulatory

Loviisa Langdon

Tax

Joanne Mak

Investment Funds

Edward Malcolm

Litigation

Andrew McAlpine

M&A and Private Equity

Thomas Raftery

Debt Finance

Amrit Sagoo

Investment Funds

Sharon Skipper

M&A and Private Equity

Yasmin Smedley

Debt Finance

Miroslav Tomo

M&A and Private Equity

Adam Watterson

Restructuring

Tina Xu

Debt Finance

 

Los Angeles

Name

Practice Area

Michael P. Alcan

Tax

Radhika Kshatriya

Investment Funds

Ted McBride

Investment Funds

Andrew Morrill

Intellectual Property Litigation

Guirgis Nasief

M&A and Private Equity

Daniel Rios

Executive Compensation

Kevin X. Wang

Intellectual Property Litigation

Nancy Zakiniaeiz

Real Estate

 

Miami

Name

Practice Area

Mark Lipschultz

Real Estate

                

Munich

Name

Practice Area

Siegfried M. Büttner

Capital Markets

Greta-Josefin Harnisch

M&A and Private Equity

Fabrice Hipp

Debt Finance

 

New York

Name

Practice Area

Leia Pearl Andrew

Capital Markets

Alison E. Beskin

Executive Compensation

Camila Bourguignon

Debt Finance

Aulden Burcher-DuPont

Litigation

Brittany Lischinsky Burke

Antitrust & Competition

Jace A. Cearley

Litigation

Steven M. Choi

M&A and Private Equity

Michael Chung

M&A and Private Equity

Jack Coles

Antitrust & Competition

Amal El Bakhar

Litigation

Peter Evangelatos

Intellectual Property Litigation

Justin Greer

Debt Finance

Jimin He

M&A and Private Equity

Marc Holloway

M&A and Private Equity

Keli Huang

M&A and Private Equity

Thuy Huynh

M&A and Private Equity

Sharaf Islam

Debt Finance

Anthony Ji

Executive Compensation

Evan Johnson

M&A and Private Equity

Robert Kantrowitz

Healthcare

Ashley A. Kerr

Debt Finance

Kartik Khanna

M&A and Private Equity

Mathieu Kohmann

Capital Markets

Don Lee

M&A and Private Equity

Drew Maliniak

Capital Markets

Aidan S. Murphy

M&A and Private Equity

Conor O'Muiri

Debt Finance

Francis Petrie

Restructuring

Jackson Phinney

Employment & Labor

Christopher Pristouris

Investment Funds

Asher A. Qazi

Capital Markets

Jacob M. Rae

Litigation

Michael L. Ramsey

Investment Funds

Mary T. Reale

Litigation

Kaitlyn I. Reid

Executive Compensation

Victoria J. Ryan

Litigation

Justin Samson

Investment Funds

Giselle Sedano

Litigation

Noah Shier

Technology & IP Transactions

Stephanie Shimada

Litigation

Christina S. Shin

M&A and Private Equity

Lora Shub-Brown

Tax

Maria Smith

Tax

Alborz Tolou

Capital Markets

Jacqueline M. Trudeau

Debt Finance

Tony Tsai

Debt Finance

Daniel Yip

M&A and Private Equity

Anthony Zangrillo

Capital Markets

Samuel Zaretsky

Real Estate

 

Paris

Name

Practice Area

Guillaume Nivault

M&A and Private Equity

 

Salt Lake City

Name

Practice Area

Michael Cline

M&A and Private Equity

Jackson Knight

M&A and Private Equity

Zach Miller

M&A and Private Equity

Peter Ott

Debt Finance

Ben Richards

Capital Markets

Elizabeth M. Roberts

Debt Finance

Stephen Tensmeyer

Litigation

 

Shanghai

 

Name

Practice Area

Sean Zhang

Debt Finance

 

Washington D.C.

 

Name

Practice Area

David J. Arbus

Real Estate

Ridge Blanchard

Litigation

Justin Bova

Intellectual Property Litigation

Grace C. Brier

Litigation

Stephen C. DeSalvo

Intellectual Property Litigation

Mackenzie Drutowski

ESG & Impact

Jennifer I. Gullotti

Investment Funds

Diva Hollis

Intellectual Property Litigation

Jennifer Kim-Gagne

Investment Funds

Robert Kimmitt, Jr.

Litigation

Megan McGlynn

Litigation

William S. Richmond

Healthcare

Olivia Vanessa Seraphim

Healthcare

Tera Jo Stone

Intellectual Property Litigation

Michelle A. Weinbaum

International Trade

Amber L. Whipkey

Litigation

Jessica M. Yeh

Tax

 

Note: For certain partners, admission will take effect when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.