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...US law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has launched an international raid on larger rival Kirkland & Ellis, poaching a number of private equity specialists as the battle for top lawyers intensifies...
...Ford has also released a solo album called The Hum under the name James Ellis Ford. The warm, experimental record is essentially his musical toy box made manifest....
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...He was in court in New York on Tuesday morning in a separate civil lawsuit brought by the state’s attorney-general, Letitia James, accusing him of fraud in connection with his business empire....
...It has since continued to lose younger talent, including Eric Schiele and Jonathan Davis to Kirkland & Ellis; Andrew Elken to Latham & Watkins; and Damien Zoubek to Freshfields....
...In today’s newsletter: Kirkland & Ellis confronts a dealmaking slowdown The PE dealmaker who’s everywhere right now KKR jumps on a deal Carlyle snubbed QE+PE= K&E Chicago law firm Kirkland & Ellis has...
...US law firm Paul Weiss has launched a second raid on Kirkland & Ellis, poaching at least three more partners from its rival’s London office less than a month after it enticed away several private equity...
...Jon Ballis, the chair of Kirkland & Ellis, mingled with other Springsteen fans including a top lawyer from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in a rare social gathering between rivals....
...The firm hired finance partner James Boswell from Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy’s former global infrastructure co-head Sara Pickersgill....
...But the US antitrust chief chalked up smaller wins in the process, DD’s James Fontanella-Khan writes....
...The German jazz orchestra’s long history of international collaborations ranges from the English composer Michael Gibbs to US saxophonist and James Brown sideman Pee Wee Ellis....
...Then came a ballad, “Never Let Me Go”, with rippling piano, feather-light James Maddren drums and Cohen probing harmonic possibilities with melodic flair....
...“We are very surprised by the developments,” said Neil McDonald, a restructuring lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis who represents a group of offshore creditors, outside the court after the hearing....
...Fogelberg joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where she was a partner and worked with C Street founder Jon Henes, a former Kirkland & Ellis partner....
...Kirkland & Ellis has hired capital markets lawyer Marwa Elborai as a partner in London. She joins from Allen & Overy....
...Meanwhile his accomplice, Ellis, went to jail....
...And I’ve been watching Less Than Zero” – the cult 1987 film based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis. He stops....
...Kirkland & Ellis restructuring lawyer James Sprayregen is joining the investment and merchant bank Hilco Global as a vice-chair. Hilco had recently added the Lazard restructuring head David Kurtz....
...Speaking in an interview with the FT, Morgan Stanley’s outgoing chief executive James Gorman struck a more upbeat tone....
...Paul Weiss is hiring investment funds lawyer James King from Kirkland & Ellis. King will be based in London. Santander has hired a trio of senior US bankers, Bloomberg reported....
...Grew will replace longstanding chief Luke Ellis in September, and former Capital International executive Anne Wade is taking over from investment banker John Cryan as chair....
...Also, James Perse. The place that means a lot to me is Reference Point, off the Strand in London. It’s got a nice clientele and great books and events. It’s where I found my new hobby – pub quizzes....
...Kirkland & Ellis has poached Linklaters tax partner James Morgan in London....
...Chief executive James Gorman warned last month that investment banking activities “remain very subdued” and predicted revenues might not recover until 2024....
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