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.
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