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. 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