Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 75 attorneys will be promoted to partner effective October 1, 2011. Seven attorneys of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP will also be promoted to partner. The names, practice groups and office locations of the attorneys follow. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a 1,500-attorney law firm representing global clients in complex litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration, corporate and tax, restructuring, and intellectual property and technology matters. The Firm has offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Name Practice Area Office Suzanne Milne Alexander Litigation Chicago Uma M. Amuluru Litigation Chicago James P. Bartley Real Estate Chicago Harper Batts Intellectual Property Palo Alto Derek Bentsen Litigation Washington, D.C. Brittany Whitesell Biles Litigation Washington, D.C. Robert C. Blaustein Corporate New York Daniel A. Bress Litigation Washington, D.C. Bryce A. Budin Intellectual Property Chicago William H. Burgess Intellectual Property Washington, D.C. Jason Choy Intellectual Property Los Angeles Kenneth S. Clark Litigation Washington, D.C. Michael I. Cohen Intellectual Property Chicago Ian R. Conner* Antitrust Washington, D.C. Christa C. Cottrell Litigation Chicago Jennifer W. Cowen Litigation Chicago Amy E. Crawford Litigation Chicago John K. Crisham Litigation Washington, D.C. Thad W. Davis Tax Chicago David R. Dempsey Litigation Washington, D.C. Scott M. Edenfield Litigation Chicago Eunnice H. Eun Litigation Washington, D.C. David B. Feirstein Corporate New York Colleen M. Garlington Intellectual Property Chicago Leo M. Greenberg Corporate New York Melissa K. Grouzard Litigation Chicago Michael J. Gulliford Intellectual Property New York Andrew G. Heinz Intellectual Property; Litigation New York Jordan M. Heinz Intellectual Property Chicago Sarah P. Herlihy Litigation Chicago Matthew J. Hertko Intellectual Property Chicago Dana E. Hill Litigation Washington, D.C. Edward Holzwanger Employment & Labor Washington, D.C. Karen Tu Huoth Intellectual Property Palo Alto Christopher M. Kaiser Intellectual Property Chicago Jessica C. Kaiser Intellectual Property Chicago Elizabeth M. Kim Litigation Los Angeles Rebecca A. Koch Litigation Washington, D.C. Nancy L. Kowalczyk Corporate Chicago Jess M. Krannich Litigation Chicago John C. Krocak Corporate Chicago Anh B. Lee Corporate Chicago J. John Lee Intellectual Property Washington, D.C. Fred N. Lim Corporate San Francisco Elizabeth M. Locke Litigation Washington, D.C. Michele Luburich Corporate Chicago Nathan S. Mammen Intellectual Property Washington, D.C. Jennifer L. Marines Restructuring New York Sean M. McEldowney Intellectual Property Washington, D.C. Mercedes McFarland Corporate Chicago David P. Milligan Corporate Chicago Daniel C. Moore Litigation Chicago Nadia Murad Corporate Chicago Hunter Murdock Litigation New York Kate S. O'Scannlain Litigation Washington, D.C. Jason R. Parish Litigation Washington, D.C. Carolina Hungria Paschoal Intellectual Property New York D. Joseph Piech Litigation Chicago Karin Wray Preusse Intellectual Property Chicago Mark W. Rasmussen Litigation New York Brenton A. Rogers Litigation Chicago David A. Rosenberg Real Estate Chicago Jacob P. Sheehan Corporate Chicago Matthew J. Shiels Intellectual Property Chicago Michael J. Shipley Litigation Los Angeles Sienna R. Singer Restructuring Chicago Gregory L. Skidmore Litigation Washington, D.C. Steve Toth Corporate Chicago R. Roy Wang Intellectual Property Palo Alto Sara Michaelchuck Webber Environmental Washington, D.C. Paul Wierbicki Restructuring Chicago Nathan M. Wilda Corporate Chicago Jennifer Peters Wilson Corporate Chicago Stefanie Merry Wool Corporate New York Joshua M. Zachariah Corporate New York Kirkland & Ellis International LLP* Name Practice Area Office Pierre-Luc Arsenault** Corporate Hong Kong Christopher Braunack Corporate Hong Kong Markus Feil** Corporate Munich Victoria Pickett Corporate London Angela Rohman Russo** Tax Hong Kong Christopher Shield Corporate (European Finance Group) London Cedric Van den Borren** Corporate London

• Move from Of Counsel to Partner ** All Partners of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP in Hong Kong and London who are not solicitors have to be registered with the Law Society of England & Wales, and those in Munich have to be registered as Exempt European Lawyers before they are allowed to become partners.