Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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| Kirkland & Ellis LLP | |
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| Employees | Approximately 1,500 lawyers in varying practice areas |
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| Products | Legal firm |
| Website | http://www.kirkland.com/ |
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a law firm that has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., and abroad in Hong Kong, London and Munich.[1] It is one of the biggest law firms in the U.S., with $1.4 billion in revenue.[2]
In 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked Kirkland & Ellis in the top tier of U.S. law firms in the mergers-and-acquisitions law category. [3]
History[edit]
BP retained Kirkland & Ellis to represent the company in litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.[4]
Products and Services[edit]
Practice areas include:
- Litigation
- Corporate and Tax Law
- Intellectual Property
- Restructuring
Key People[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Overview. Kirkland & Ellis.
- ↑ Tide of oil spill lawsuits begins to rise. Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Law Firms' Newest Worry: U.S. News. New York Times Dealbook.
- ↑ Kirkland & Ellis is to Represent BP in Big-Ticket Oil Spill Litigation. ABA Journal.