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...Job moves Law firm Kirkland & Ellis has named 205 partners....
...Kirkland & Ellis has hired senior private equity partners Ian Barratt and Sinead O’Shea from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in London, per Financial News....
...Two former Cravath lawyers described the firm as a “farm team”, where law trainees could get excellent training and move elsewhere. “Cravath is five steps behind the market now,” lamented one....
...The saga spanned Australia, where founder Lex Greensill used to run a watermelon farm; Switzerland, where Credit Suisse investors funded Greensill; and Japan, where SoftBank bought into Greensill at a racy...
...She joins from Kirkland & Ellis. Smart reads Erasing the past Venture capital billionaire Yuri Milner built his fortune in part with Kremlin-connected funds....
...Latham & Watkins has hired two M&A and private equity lawyers, Neal Reenan and Ian Bushner, from rival Kirkland & Ellis. Both will split their time between the firm’s Boston and Chicago offices....
...Ellen Van Loon is standing on the grassy roof of a new building, looking out to sea, where a cluster of wind-farm turbines emerge from the grey waters of the English Channel like skinny white trees....
...Among the most successful of the own-brands has been Costco’s Kirkland, whose products range from peanut butter to pet food....
...“This was vindication for the Hornes who literally bet the farm and were willing to stand up to the government,” says Mr O’Quinn....
...Another example is a rice farm that receives almost all its annual income in a single lump sum....
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