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Lateral moves, hires, offices and partner news naming Kirkland & Ellis, across the U.S. and the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East. Every story is sourced.

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Sullivan & Cromwell hires Kirkland & Ellis tax lawyer Vivek Ratnam as partnerOct 22 2026 · US & Americas · Lateral moves Kirkland & Ellis advises Arctos on 7.5% Atlanta Falcons stakeOct 22 2026 · US & Americas · Also notable Kirkland & Ellis wins NLJ Washington, D.C. Crisis Management and Government Oversight awardOct 22 2026 · US & Americas · Rankings Jones Day adds finance partners Jörg Weber from Kirkland and Arne Klüwer from DentonsOct 22 2026 · Europe · Lateral moves Mewburn Ellis creates CTO role; Goodwin partner joins Omnilex as US managing partnerOct 21 2026 · US & Americas · Lateral moves Mewburn Ellis creates CTO role; Goodwin partner joins Omnilex as US managing partnerOct 21 2026 · Europe · Lateral moves Wood Smith Henning & Berman creates MSO to take Charlesbank private equity investmentOct 20 2026 · US & Americas · Also notable Kirkland recruits former Susman Executive Committee partner in HoustonOct 19 2026 · US & Americas · Lateral moves · Full article Kirkland & Ellis promotes 196 partners without public announcementOct 19 2026 · Europe · Promotions Democratic lawmakers renew records request to Kirkland & Ellis over Trump dealOct 16 2026 · US & Americas · Also notable Kirkland promotes 196 to partnership, smallest cohort since 2022Oct 16 2026 · US & Americas · Promotions · Full article Kirkland promotes 196 to partnership, smallest cohort since 2022Oct 16 2026 · Europe · Promotions Kirkland promotes 196 to partnership, smallest cohort since 2022Oct 16 2026 · Asia · Promotions Kirkland promotes 196 to partnership, smallest cohort since 2022Oct 16 2026 · Middle East · Promotions Freshfields reportedly considering spin-off of legal-tech unit Freshfields LabOct 15 2026 · US & Americas · Also notable Davis Polk and Kirkland & Ellis advise on Ithaca Holdings' $1.3B Bumble take-privateOct 15 2026 · US & Americas · Also notable Freshfields reportedly considering spin-off of legal-tech unit Freshfields LabOct 15 2026 · Europe · Also notable Davis Polk and Kirkland & Ellis advise on Ithaca Holdings' $1.3B Bumble take-privateOct 15 2026 · Europe · Also notable Kirkland rehires private equity partner in Shanghai from Warburg PincusOct 15 2026 · Asia · Lateral moves · Full article Kirkland's Riyadh managing partner expects no major new work until Middle East tension easesOct 15 2026 · Middle East · Practice trends · Full article Kirkland leads data centre partner recruitment as US lateral hiring hits new peakOct 14 2026 · US & Americas · Practice trends Kirkland & Ellis to stop disclosing revenue and profit figures to media after 2026Oct 14 2026 · US & Americas · Financials Sidley Austin hires investment funds partner Justin Solomon from Kirkland & Ellis in LosOct 13 2026 · US & Americas · Lateral moves Kirkland & Ellis names François Capoul and Benjamin Bignier partners in ParisOct 13 2026 · Europe · Promotions Weil recruits Skadden's sole Beijing partner Shu Du as it launches capital markets practiceOct 12 2026 · Asia · Lateral moves · Full article Kirkland & Ellis will stop disclosing revenue and profit after 2026Oct 10 2026 · Europe · Financials Sidley adds Kirkland & Ellis investment funds partner Ryan McNish in ChicagoOct 9 2026 · US & Americas · Lateral moves ACC San Antonio and Texas Lawbook name 2026 Corporate Counsel Award honoreesOct 9 2026 · US & Americas · Also notable Kirkland & Ellis reportedly stops sharing revenue figures, citing reduced relevanceOct 9 2026 · US & Americas · Financials Kirkland & Ellis to stop sharing financial performance with media and American LawyerOct 9 2026 · US & Americas · Financials Devon Energy exits Eagle Ford in $4.2B asset sale to CrescentOct 9 2026 · US & Americas · Also notable Kirkland & Ellis reportedly stops sharing revenue figures, citing reduced relevanceOct 9 2026 · Europe · Financials Kirkland & Ellis to stop sharing financial performance with media and American LawyerOct 9 2026 · Europe · Financials Kirkland & Ellis stops providing financial data to media for Am Law rankingsOct 8 2026 · US & Americas · Rankings Above the Law headline: Kirkland topped $10 billion, calls revenue rankings gaucheOct 8 2026 · US & Americas · Financials Above the Law headline: Kirkland topped $10 billion, calls revenue rankings gaucheOct 8 2026 · Europe · Financials Above the Law headline: Kirkland topped $10 billion, calls revenue rankings gaucheOct 8 2026 · Asia · Financials Foreign firms face pressure in Japan as Kirkland arrives and lateral hiring intensifiesOct 8 2026 · Asia · Also notable Above the Law headline: Kirkland topped $10 billion, calls revenue rankings gaucheOct 8 2026 · Middle East · Financials Former A&O senior partner Wim Dejonghe co-founds AI law firm FalconOct 7 2026 · Europe · Also notable Shionogi to acquire IntraBio for $2 billion; Cleary, Kirkland, DLA Piper adviseOct 6 2026 · US & Americas · Also notable Kirkland advised on at least three of four $1B+ deals announced in past weekOct 6 2026 · US & Americas · Practice trends Baker McKenzie hires Kirkland partner Allison Murphy to co-chair congressional investigations practiceOct 6 2026 · US & Americas · Lateral moves Clifford Chance and Kirkland & Ellis lead advising Informa on £2.24bn Clarion acquisitionOct 6 2026 · Europe · Also notable Hogan Lovells Cadwalader hires Kirkland's Paul Guan as Corporate & Finance partner in HongOct 6 2026 · Asia · Lateral moves Sidley hires Kirkland partner, citing strategic priority in funds workOct 5 2026 · US & Americas · Lateral moves Kirkland & Ellis elevates Pratik Ranjan Das to partnershipOct 5 2026 · Asia · Promotions Kirkland leads Asia M&A as Japan deal value jumps 42%Oct 5 2026 · Asia · Rankings Kirkland leads global M&A by value, Latham by deal count, in first nine monthsOct 3 2026 · US & Americas · Rankings