Press Release

Kirkland Announces New Partners

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 122 attorneys were promoted to partner effective Oct. 1, 2018. 

The names, practice groups and office locations of the attorneys follow.

Kirkland & Ellis is a global law firm with 2,200 attorneys representing clients in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, restructuring, and intellectual property matters. The Firm has 14 offices around the world: Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.

Boston

 Name Practice Area
 Amanda C. Border M&A/Private Equity
Katherine V. Coverdale Executive Compensation

Chicago

Name

Practice Area

Kourtney Baltzer

Intellectual Property Litigation

Travis M. Bayer

Restructuring

Justin R. Bernbrock

Restructuring

Jeffrey S. Bramson

Litigation

Matthew Colman

Technology & IP Transactions

Britt Cramer

Litigation

Nathan J. Davis

M&A/Private Equity

Brian Delaney

Investment Funds

Bobby Earles

Litigation

Joshua A. Faulkner

Real Estate

Billy Foster

Intellectual Property Litigation

Kathryn E. Guilfoyle

Litigation

Nicholas A. Hemmingsen

Investment Funds

Ryan A. Jackson

M&A/Private Equity

Susan V. Kai

Real Estate

Michael P. Keeley

Capital Markets

Kimberly L. McGrath

Real Estate

Daniel J. McQuade

Investment Funds

Andrew T. Meyer

M&A/Private Equity

Dan Monico

Litigation

Brett A. Nerad

Litigation

Zachary E. Oswald

Investment Funds

Greg Polins

Intellectual Property Litigation

Benjamin M. Rhode

Restructuring

Mariska S. Richards

M&A/Private Equity

Matthew J. Schlosser

M&A/Private Equity

Alexandra Schwarzman

Restructuring

Christopher J. Scully

Investment Funds

David A. Serna

Capital Markets

Ravi S. Shankar

Litigation

Angela M. Snell

Restructuring

Peter Stach

M&A/Private Equity

Karl Stampfl

Litigation

Ryan P. Swan

Investment Funds

Jonathan K. Tshiamala

Litigation

Nicholas Wasdin

Litigation

Eric L. White

Litigation

Dallas

Name

Practice Area

Benjamin Adelson

M&A/Private Equity

Hong Kong

Name

Practice Area

Jennifer Feng

Investment Funds

Han Gao

M&A/Private Equity

Karen Ho

Debt Finance

Carmen Lau

M&A/Private Equity

Amanda Tang

Capital Markets

Tarun Warriar

Litigation/Restructuring

Liyong Xing

Investment Funds

Houston

Name

Practice Area

Ryan J. Copeland

Debt Finance

John D. Furlow

M&A/Private Equity

Chris Heasley

M&A/Private Equity

Chad Nichols

Debt Finance

Laura M. Stake

Investment Funds

Kyle M. Watson

M&A/Private Equity

Sarah E. Williams

Litigation

London

Name

Practice Area

Tom Bartram

M&A/Private Equity

Dipak Bhundia

M&A/Private Equity

James Esterkin

Real Estate Finance

Melanie J. Johnson

M&A/Private Equity

Tom McCarthy

M&A/Private Equity

Philip McEachen

Financial Services Regulatory

Andrea Renold

Investment Funds

Mike Robert-Smith

Antitrust/Competition

Michael Taufner

Capital Markets

Jennifer F. Wilson

Technology & IP Transactions

Los Angeles

Name

Practice Area

Kevin Bendix

Intellectual Property Litigation

Gavin C.P. Campbell

Litigation

Annie Cheng

Real Estate

Faris N. Elrabie

Investment Funds

Austin G. Glassman

Debt Finance

Bianca Levin-Soler

M&A/Private Equity

Nichole E. Lopez-Tackett

Debt Finance

Austin C. Norris

Litigation

Benjamin Maxwell Sadun

Litigation

W.F. Cody Sonntag

Real Estate

Munich

Name

Practice Area

Dr. Thomas Krawitz

M&A/Private Equity

New York

Name

Practice Area

Carrie J. Bodner

Litigation

Ryan K. Brissette

M&A/Private Equity

Jared M. Bryant

Debt Finance

Matthew Fagen

Restructuring

Elizabeth A. Freechack

M&A/Private Equity

James Jian Hu

M&A/Private Equity

Luke R. Jennings

Capital Markets

Samuel I. Kaplan

Capital Markets

Andrew D. Kimball

M&A/Private Equity

Adam Kool

Tax

Jayk Kooper

M&A/Private Equity

Sam Kwon

Intellectual Property Litigation

Terence Y. Leong

Litigation

Thomas M. Marbury

M&A/Private Equity

Duncan K.R. McKay

Debt Finance

Jessica T. Murray

M&A/Private Equity

Keri Schick Norton

M&A/Private Equity

Eddy Park

Real Estate

Michael J. Pergler

Investment Funds

Lauren H. Rakower

M&A/Private Equity

Aaron D. Resetarits

Intellectual Property Litigation

Ryan Roberts

Tax

Christina Shin

Antitrust/Competition

Michelle Six

Litigation

Ian Spain

Litigation

Yuli Wang

Debt Finance

Aparna Yenamandra

Restructuring

Palo Alto

Name

Practice Area

Amir Freund

Intellectual Property Litigation

Jonathan Manor

M&A/Private Equity

San Francisco

Name

Practice Area

Reza Dokhanchy

Intellectual Property Litigation

Jacob H. Johnston

Litigation

Barry S. Le Vine

Investment Funds

Natalie M. Logan

M&A/Private Equity

Austin S. Pollet

M&A/Private Equity

Kristen P.L. Reichenbach

Intellectual Property Litigation

Christopher Wynne

Investment Funds

Heidi Yuen

Tax

Shanghai

Name

Practice Area

Shuting Qi

M&A/Private Equity

Rongjing Zhao

M&A/Private Equity

Washington, D.C.

Name

Practice Area

Devin S. Anderson

Litigation

Ronald K. Anguas Jr.

Litigation

Kathleen A. Brogan

Litigation

Tracie Bryant

Litigation

Abigail E. Lauer

Intellectual Property Litigation

Christopher J. Maner

Litigation

Kasdin Miller Mitchell

Appellate Litigation

C. Harker Rhodes IV

Appellate Litigation

 

NOTE:  In general, the admission date will be October 1, 2018, or such later date when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.