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Updated · Law.com · Aug 11Orrick Poaches 2 Kirkland Lawyers, Naming Veteran Global Capital Markets Leader
1 articles · Updated · Law.com · Aug 11Summary
- Orrick hired a longtime Kirkland & Ellis partner this week to lead its global capital markets practice, marking a senior lateral move in Chicago.
- The firm also added the partner's colleague to its San Francisco-based capital markets team, extending the raid beyond a single leadership hire.
- The departing partner had spent nearly his entire career at Kirkland, making the move a notable loss for one of the industry's biggest law firms.
- The hires bolster Orrick's capital markets bench across two major U.S. legal hubs as firms keep competing for senior dealmaking talent.
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What hidden incentives convinced a lifelong Kirkland partner to suddenly jump ship and lead Orrick's Chicago office? Could Orrick's aggressive poaching of top-tier finance talent trigger a massive power shift in global capital markets?