Kirkland is a global law firm that serves a broad range of clients in corporate transactions, litigation, restructurings and intellectual property matters.

Kirkland lawyers around the world work together in multidisciplinary teams to provide full-service capabilities to clients on their most complex legal matters.

Kirkland’s success today was largely foretold by its auspicious beginnings. Founded in Chicago by Robert “The Colonel” McCormick, Stuart Shepard and S.E. Thomason in 1909, we have handled high-profile, high-stakes matters from the start.

Kirkland’s New York office includes approximately 900 attorneys, making it one of the largest law firms in New York and a destination practice for the world’s brightest legal talent.

Kirkland's Dallas office opened in 2018, handling an array of sophisticated transactions and litigation in Texas, the U.S. and globally.

2025年1月23日 · Kirkland’s Beijing office provides legal advice to Chinese and international clients on M&A, private equity and capital markets transactions.

Kirkland's London office has an award-winning team of lawyers handling legal matters from fund formation to real estate to restructurings.

2019年11月11日 · For these initiatives, firms often lean on attorneys and staff with service records themselves to lead the charge. At Kirkland & Ellis, third-year M&A associate Brandon Remington in New York mobilized a handful of veterans that informally gathered at …

2014年12月12日 · Kirkland provides a one-stop shop for all copyright, trademark, internet and social media, and false advertising needs, and we manage these practices as an integrated whole.

Kirkland’s intellectual property practice protects our clients' ideas, technology, products and brands in IP litigation, transactions and counseling matters.