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Kirkland's reputation for excellence is recognized worldwide. As a preeminent law firm serving global clients in an array of industries, we are proud of the talented teams who drive forward our success.
We employ outstanding professionals from diverse backgrounds who are dedicated to supporting our attorneys and the Firm. Through collaboration, creativity and innovation, our administrative and support staff work to advance the Firm's goals. Whether you're a recent graduate or a professional from legal services, consulting, technology, finance or creative services, we value your proficiencies and potential.
We offer challenging and fulfilling careers in a variety of focus areas and levels of experience. Explore our current career opportunities, and join our Talent Network to be notified of new opportunities that fit your interests and skills.
WHY KIRKLAND?
We are committed to investing in all of our employees' careers. Here are just some of the ways we're here to support you.
TRAINING & CAREER DEVELOPMENT
At Kirkland, we offer training and career development resources to help you grow and thrive at the Firm. From your very first day, we ensure you have the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform your role successfully and understand your development path through continued learning opportunities.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Kirkland is dedicated to making a difference within the communities in which we live and work. In addition to our Firmwide corporate social responsibility initiatives, we engage in local community service projects that align with our values and support meaningful causes.
DIVERSITY
We are proud of our employees' rich and varied backgrounds, knowledge and skills, and we believe diversity makes us stronger as a Firm. Diversity at Kirkland transcends race, gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, country of origin and political affiliation. We provide an inclusive, supportive culture in each of our offices.
BENEFITS
We are dedicated to the health and well-being of our employees and their families. Learn more about our comprehensive and competitive benefits, services and programs.
HEALTH
The Firm offers medical, dental, and vision coverage to Firm employees and their families, including domestic partners.
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
Kirkland makes a Defined Contribution payment into the retirement plan on behalf of employees who meet the eligibility requirements.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS
The Kirkland 401(k) savings plan enables participants to provide for their future retirement security through voluntary pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.
TIME OFF
The Firm provides paid vacation time, as well as paid sick/personal time for illness and family care.
BACKUP CHILD & ADULT/ELDER CARE
Kirkland offers in-home and center-based backup child care and adult/elder care when your regular provider is not available, at a low fixed rate per visit.
PARENTAL LEAVE
The Firm provides leave of absence to eligible employees for the birth or adoption of a child. Eligibility is based on employment category and length of service.
WELLNESS PROGRAMMING
Kirkland offers a variety of wellness activities, including Firm-sponsored runs and walks, financial and retirement planning webinars, and community engagement activities.
COMMUTER PROGRAM
Employees can make a pre-tax contribution to an account that can be used for reimbursement for work-related commuting and parking expenses.
DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE
This plan provides a tax-favored method of paying for child care and other qualifying dependent care expenses incurred while working.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PERKS
The Firm offers additional benefits including, but not limited to, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program, and access to tax-advantaged flex spending and health savings accounts.
Eligible employees who become disabled due to illness, injury, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions may be eligible to receive short- or long-term disability benefits.
To meet the needs of new mothers, the Firm provides a nursing mothers’ room along with prenatal breastfeeding classes and private consultation with certified lactation consultants and childbirth educators.
Kirkland personnel are permitted to wear business casual clothing on all workdays.
Premium coffee, tea and hot chocolate are provided throughout the day, in addition to fruit and breakfast items in the morning.
The Kirkland & Ellis Foundation provides matching contributions for employees and partners' eligible charitable donations.
This information is intended only as a summary of benefits. Where this summary differs from the applicable policies or plan documents, the policies and plan documents shall govern. The Firm reserves the right to change or modify its benefits and policies at any time.
OFFICES
We are a global law firm with eight locations across the United States. Our offices are located in major business districts within the country's most significant legal markets. We take pride in offering employees modern, comfortable and functional work spaces and amenities. We invite you to explore our career opportunities or contact us for more information.
AUSTIN
The Austin office opened in 2021 with a team of established Kirkland lawyers who relocated, as well as local lateral hires. The Austin team provides advice to clients on sophisticated transactions and litigation in Texas and around the world in collaboration with colleagues across Kirkland’s global platform and leading practices. The lawyers in the Austin office are especially well-positioned to advise clients in infrastructure, energy and renewables, as well as the technology sector. We are committed to supporting Central Texas’s business, academic, legal aid and nonprofit organizations as an active member of the Austin business community.
401 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701
BAY AREA (San Francisco & Palo Alto)
Our Bay Area office includes nearly 200 attorneys in San Francisco and Palo Alto, offering full-service capabilities in private equity and strategic M&A, investment funds, debt finance and tax, intellectual property and commercial litigation matters. Our Bay Area transactional lawyers are an integral part of Kirkland's premier, global private equity platform, and are particularly dominant in middle market transactions. Our litigators have national reputations for handling high-stakes commercial and IP litigation for technology and pharmaceutical giants, as well as many other significant public and private companies. Since opening in San Francisco in 2003, we are proud to have supported local legal, business, civic and educational institutions and performed pro bono legal work in and around the Bay Area.
555 California Street, 27th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104 | 3330 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alton, CA 94304
BEIJING
In 2013, Kirkland deepened our investment in the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of an office in Beijing’s Central Business District. Our team of approximately 17 experienced, hands-on deal lawyers advises Chinese and international clients on a range of complex, cross-border M&A, private equity and capital markets transactions involving China. By closely collaborating with their Kirkland colleagues across the globe, our lawyers in Beijing are able to provide seamless service to clients in their most strategic matters.
29th Floor, China World Office 2, No. 1 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue, Beijing 100004, PR China
BOSTON
Located in the heart of the Back Bay, Kirkland’s Boston office opened in 2017 and includes approximately 70 lawyers focused on sophisticated transactions for private equity firms and public and private companies. Our lawyers in Boston advise private equity sponsors in the city and throughout New England across the entire lifecycle of a fund, drawing on Kirkland’s international network and world-class private equity platform to bring to bear the full resources of our diverse practices and experience for clients. In collaboration with local legal, business, academic and civic institutions, our tight-knit team in Boston is committed to contributing positively to the city and surrounding communities.
200 Clarendon Street, 20th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
BRUSSELS
Kirkland’s Brussels office assists clients with their antitrust needs across Europe, working closely with our London antitrust team. Our lawyers handle cases before the European Commission and courts, with particular experience in merger control. The team advises on challenging and novel cases involving a variety of transaction structures, including matters with fix-it-first solutions, carve out divestments packages and behavioural remedies. The team also has significant experience with foreign direct investment filings in Europe and globally, and adeptly navigates European and U.K. regulator relationships.
Kunstlaan - Avenue des Arts 6-9, 1210 Brussels, Belgium
CHICAGO
Chicago is where Kirkland’s story began. Two young attorneys formed a partnership here in 1909, laying the groundwork for what would become Kirkland & Ellis. Our Chicago office is the Firm’s largest, with more than 700 attorneys. The office offers a full spectrum of legal services in our core practice areas of private equity, M&A and complex corporate transactions, litigation and investigations, intellectual property and restructuring. Lawyers in the Chicago office serve local, national and international clients in close collaboration with, and drawing on the experience of, lawyers from across the Firm’s global network. We are proud to be one of the most recognizable law firms in Chicago with a long history of involvement with the city’s prominent business, legal, civic and educational institutions.
300 North LaSalle, Chicago, IL 60654
DALLAS
The Dallas office launched in 2018 to provide clients with access to the best legal talent in North Texas. The team now includes nearly 100 lawyers handling an array of sophisticated transactions and litigation in Texas, the United States and globally. In doing so, the team draws on Kirkland’s international network and world-class private equity platform to bring to bear the full resources of our diverse practices and experience for each client. Our lawyers in Dallas embrace Kirkland’s global values, encouraging collaboration, championing diversity and empowering our lawyers to achieve outstanding outcomes for clients. As an engaged member of the business community, our Dallas office continues to support and advance the region’s business, academic and nonprofit institutions.
1601 Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75201
HONG KONG
Kirkland’s first location in Asia, our Hong Kong office opened in 2006 to offer clients a full-service practice in the region. Our team has since grown to nearly 115 lawyers who provide sophisticated and commercial advice on cross-border M&A, private equity, capital markets and financing transactions; handle complex restructurings, workouts and defaults; and guide clients through high-stakes litigation, investigations and government enforcement matters. Attorneys in all of these practices have a deep familiarity with the local market, and also leverage the experience of colleagues from across Kirkland’s international offices.
26th Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong
HOUSTON
Kirkland expanded to Texas in 2014 when the Houston office launched to better serve clients focused on the energy and infrastructure sectors. Since then, the office has grown to include over 200 attorneys and has become a leading player in Texas, uniquely qualified to handle sophisticated and complex energy and infrastructure matters for clients around the world. From our office in downtown Houston, our lawyers tap the resources of our large, international platform with diversified practices and experience. Our Houston team is also deeply invested in the community, working with legal aid, business and nonprofit organizations to improve lives and communities in Houston.
609 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002
LONDON
Established in 1994, London is among our fastest growing offices. Our award-winning team of over 300 attorneys focuses on advising financial investors, as well as private equity, real estate, special situations and other investment funds on European transactions, as well as multinationals and other public and private companies. Our lawyers work closely with our other European and international offices providing extensive experience in fund formation, corporate transactions, public and private debt financings, restructurings as well as antitrust, regulatory, intellectual property, litigation and investigations.
30 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8AF, United Kingdom
LOS ANGELES (Downtown & Century City)
From our Los Angeles offices in downtown and in Century City, we have provided full-service legal advice to public and private companies, private equity sponsors and individuals in transactional, complex litigation, government, regulatory and internal investigations, and intellectual property matters for nearly 30 years. Our 180 attorneys in Los Angeles represent clients in nearly every industry domestically and abroad, collaborating with colleagues across Kirkland’s international platform to bring the best of our Firm to each client and matter. We strive to be as active in the community as we are for our clients, and celebrate longstanding partnerships with Los Angeles-area legal aid, civic, philanthropic and educational institutions.
555 South Flower Street, Suite 3700, Los Angeles, CA 90071 | 2049 Century Park East, Suite 3700, Los Angeles, CA 90067
MUNICH
Attorneys in our Munich office have counseled clients in Germany, Europe and globally on sophisticated transactions for nearly 15 years. Working from our office in the city’s historic center, our team of nearly 40 attorneys handles private equity/M&A, capital markets, debt finance and tax matters, and advises on all aspects of domestic and cross-border insolvencies and financial restructurings. Our Munich team is fully integrated with our practices in London, the U.S. and Asia, giving clients access to Kirkland’s diversified, international resources. Our attorneys in Munich are all German-qualified lawyers and fluent in both German and English, with significant experience abroad.
Maximiliansrasse 11, Munich, 80539, Germany
NEW YORK
Kirkland’s New York office includes approximately 650 attorneys, making it one of the largest law firms in New York and a destination practice for the world’s brightest legal talent. From our offices in Midtown Manhattan, we offer clients including public and private companies, private equity firms and investors elite capabilities in complex transactions, litigation, government investigations and enforcement, intellectual property and restructuring matters. Our New York lawyers work seamlessly with colleagues from across our global network of offices on our clients’ most challenging and high-stakes matters. We aim to make a difference in our clients’ businesses and also in our community. We are committed to providing top-notch pro bono legal services and forming long term partnerships with local civic and charitable organizations, as well as New York’s law schools.
601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022
PARIS
The Paris office opened in 2019 to serve clients doing business in France and throughout Europe. Our lawyers in Paris work closely with our teams in London, Munich and other international offices to provide advice to holders of private capital in their corporate transactions. The Paris team brings vast experience handling French law private equity transactions, including on cross-border and international deals throughout Europe. They have advised on complex mergers, acquisitions and investments for financial sponsors, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds.
43-45 Avenue Kleber, 75116 Paris, France
SALT LAKE CITY
The Salt Lake City office opened in 2021 to serve business clients on complex transactions and litigation matters across a range of industries. Working in integrated teams across the Firm’s U.S. offices, the Salt Lake City team draws upon the market knowledge and world-class training of our global platform to deliver best-in-class legal services to clients. In line with Kirkland’s commitment to its communities, the office is actively involved with local law schools, legal aid and philanthropic endeavors.
60 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
SHANGHAI
Our Shanghai office opened in 2009 to further strengthen our capabilities in China, Asia-Pacific and worldwide. It now features a 16-attorney team well-versed in domestic and international legal issues and fluent in English and Mandarin. Our highly regarded dispute resolution, government and internal investigations team combines their on-the-ground experience in Asia with the resources of Kirkland attorneys globally — including former senior U.S. and U.K. government officials. Attorneys in the office also handle a full spectrum of complex, cross-border corporate, M&A, private equity and capital markets transactions.
11th Floor, HSBC Building, Shanghai IFC, 8 Century Avenue, Pudong New District, 200120 Shanghai, PR China
WASHINGTON DC
The Washington, D.C., office was Kirkland’s second location. Opened almost 90 years ago, the office is close to the White House and includes approximately 200 attorneys. Our office houses some of the most talented lawyers in the city, who serve clients in commercial, antitrust, appellate, defamation and white collar litigation; intellectual property; transactional matters including debt finance and investment funds; international trade and national security; labor and employment; and environmental regulatory matters. Many of our attorneys have held senior government positions. Our D.C. lawyers also commit their time and talents to the D.C. community through significant pro bono legal work and support for educational and charitable organizations.
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004