Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 90 attorneys will be promoted to partner effective Oct. 1, 2015. The names, practice groups and office locations of the attorneys follow.

Kirkland & Ellis is a 1,600-attorney law firm representing global clients in complex corporate, restructuring and tax, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, and intellectual property and technology matters. The Firm has offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.

Chicago Name Practice Area Paul Anderson Corporate William Arnault Litigation Peter Bartoszek Litigation Ian J. Block Intellectual Property Jessica Bluebond-Langner Litigation Katie Bolanowski Corporate Brian Borchard Litigation Joydeep Dasmunshi Corporate Vikas K. Didwania Litigation Yates French Litigation Craig Garvey Corporate Bradley Thomas Giordano Restructuring Melissa R. Grim Employee Benefits Daniel A. Guerin Corporate John O. Gunderson Corporate Ryan P. Haas Corporate Bill Helmstetter Intellectual Property Kristina Hendricks Intellectual Property Ryan Hubbard Intellectual Property Russell King Litigation Timothy W. Knapp Litigation Sean Z. Kramer Corporate Krystle Lamprecht Real Estate Andrew Lillis Corporate Matthew M. Mauney Corporate Josh McLane Tax Megan M. New Intellectual Property Cole Parker Corporate Sean Powers Litigation Gregory Sanford Intellectual Property Jessica Schultz Real Estate Nora S. Tauke Schweighart Restructuring Ana Sempertegui Corporate Steven Serajeddini Restructuring Hayley Smith Corporate Christopher M. Thomas Corporate Michael Thorpe Litigation Kate Wheaton Warner Litigation

Hong Kong Name Practice Area Xiaoxi Lin Corporate

London Name Practice Area Carl Bradshaw Corporate Robert Bradshaw Debt Finance Jifree Cader Restructuring Aprajita Dhundia Corporate Neema Dowson-Collins Litigation Justin Gardner Corporate Kirsteen Nicol Debt Finance Fatema Orjela Corporate

Los Angeles Name Practice Area Jay Bhimani Litigation Sierra Elizabeth Litigation Tanya Greene Litigation Justin Singh Intellectual Property Brandon Vongsawad Corporate

Munich Name Practice Area Christine Kaniak Corporate Carl Pickerill Restructuring

New York Name Practice Area Ravi Agarwal Corporate Shireen Barday Litigation David Beller Corporate Stephen Butler Tax Esther Chiang Corporate David A. Curtiss Corporate David N. Draper Intellectual Property Pat Evans Restructuring Robert Gretch Litigation Brian Hecht Corporate Bonnie L. Jarrett Intellectual Property Nate Kritzer Litigation John Kupiec Corporate Stefan Miller Intellectual Property Stefan Paulovic Corporate David B. Sherman Private Funds Laura Sullivan Corporate Ross Weiner Litigation

Palo Alto Name Practice Area Archit P. Shah Intellectual Property

San Francisco Name Practice Area Brandon Brown Intellectual Property Michael Esser Litigation Matthew Goulding Corporate Abtin Jalali Corporate Danielle M. Quinn Private Funds Leah Recht Corporate

Shanghai Name Practice Area Agnes X. Li Litigation

Washington, D.C. Name Practice Area Alexandra Farmer Environmental Patrick Haney Litigation Katherine Katz Litigation Helena Kiepura Intellectual Property Patrick Montgomery Litigation Claire McCusker Murray Litigation Craig Murray Intellectual Property Brendan Reed Corporate Jason Wilcox Intellectual Property Jodi Wu Litigation

NOTE:  In general, the admission date will be October 1, 2015, or such later date when any necessary regulatory requirements have been complied with.