Kirkland and Ellis
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| Headquarters |
300 North LaSalle, Chicago,Illinois, United States |
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| No. of offices | 12 total, 5 international |
| No. of attorneys | 1,900 (2016) |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Revenue |
 $2.30 billion (2015) |
| Date founded | 1909 |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
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| www.kirkland.com | |
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is an international law firm founded in Chicago. Kirkland is widely considered to be one of the world's most elite law firms, and their private equity, restructuring, and intellectual property groups are largely regarded as industry leaders. Kirkland & Ellis is also known for a globally recognized litigation practice, aimed mainly at corporate clients that go to trial. Kirkland has offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C..
The firm had gross revenue of approximately $2.30 billion in 2015. As of 2015, it was the sixth largest law firm by headcount in the United States and the fifth largest by revenue. Kirkland is the sixth most profitable law firm per partner, with estimated profits per equity partner of $3.6 million. Kirkland is also known for paying associates above-market salaries, through performance based bonuses that exceed those offered by peer firms. The starting salary for first-year associates is $180,000.
Vault's 2015 rankings placed Kirkland as the #1 most prestigious firm in Chicago, and the #7 most prestigious firm in the U.S. Kirkland was ranked #5 in the AmLaw 100 rankings in 2016, and #2 in the 2017 ATL Power 100 Law Firm Rankings.
In 1909, two young attorneys, Stuart G. Shepard and Robert R. McCormick, teamed up to form the Chicago-based partnership that would eventually become Kirkland & Ellis. McCormick was the grandson of Joseph Medill, the founder of the Chicago Tribune. McCormick was an "innovative and forceful lawyer" who had also served with distinction in World War I. By 1920, McCormick had become so active in the business affairs of the Chicago Tribune that he left the Firm to take over as the Tribune's publisher.
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