Kirkland & Ellis Archives - Legal Cheek

Did Davis Polk predict the pandemic?

Multi-million dollar purchase agreement, signed in February, features clever ‘COVID clause’ — but now it’s a matter for the courts

May 1 2020 8:55am
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Virtual Legal Cheek Awards: Shortlist announced for Firm of the Year

Winner to be announced at exclusive online ceremony tonight from 6pm

Mar 26 2020 2:53pm
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Revealed: The law firms with the best canteens

Salad bars, coffee on tap and an in-house pastry chef! Your lowdown on the law firms keeping lawyers’ rumbling tummies at bay

Mar 19 2020 12:00pm
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Careers

Four high flying City lawyers at US firms share their career stories

What we learnt from an hour listening to partners from Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, as well as associates from Shearman & Sterling and Cleary Gottlieb

Feb 20 2020 2:14pm
Careers

From India’s biggest law school to Kirkland & Ellis private equity partner in London

Aprajita Dhundia shares her career story

Jan 16 2020 11:32am
The law firms with the swankiest offices in the UK

Cue major office envy

Jan 9 2020 8:57am
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Do lawyers really start work later than other people?

It depends…

Jan 7 2020 10:23am
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Revealed: The law firms with the best perks 2020

Junior lawyers are a pretty pampered bunch but which firms offer the perkiest of perks?

Jan 2 2020 8:47am
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Careers

Junior lawyer event: How to build a career at a US law firm in London — with BARBRI and lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb, Kirkland & Ellis, Shearman & Sterling and Skadden

Thursday 16 January 2020; open to all trainees and junior lawyers

Dec 30 2019 10:21am
Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2019-20

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Dec 6 2019 8:58am
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Revealed: Law firms’ average arrive and leave the office times 2019-20

Who’s totting-up 12 hour workdays and who’s home in time for Tipping Point?

Nov 29 2019 9:09am
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Exclusive research: average time trainees and junior lawyers spend at work falls to lowest in four years

As pay keeps rising

Nov 21 2019 10:17am
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Kirkland & Ellis’ Gherkin home named London’s most Instagrammable skyscraper

Host of law firm buildings feature in top ten list

Oct 15 2019 8:45am
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Kirkland & Ellis lawyer uses firm’s concierge service to buy shoes for her dogs

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Jul 24 2019 9:08am
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The law firm canteens dishing up the most delectable cuisines – 2019 edition

A rundown of the corporate outfits leaving rookies hungry for more

Feb 14 2019 9:07am
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Careers

How we made it this far

Big hitters from Skadden and Quinn Emanuel, and a rising star from Kirkland & Ellis, tell their stories

Jan 22 2019 3:16pm
The best law firms for quality of work — 2019 edition

Even with better tech there’ll always be mindless trainee tasks, but at some firms much fewer than others

Jan 11 2019 8:50am
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Event: Junior lawyer workshop and social — life in US firms in London

With speakers from Kirkland & Ellis, Quinn Emanuel and Skadden

Jan 2 2019 12:20pm

The most impressive law firm offices — 2019 edition

Imagine going to work in these buildings!

Dec 18 2018 8:50am
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Revealed: The law firms with the best perks 2018–19

From swimming pools to sleeping pods — and everything in between

Dec 4 2018 9:12am
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