Kirkland & Ellis has hired two former KPMG tax lawyers for its two-month-old Dallas office, but the firm says the development is not part of a master plan to hire from the Big Four accounting firms.

“Basically we are just looking for talented lawyers, regardless of where they happen to be,” said Andrew Calder, a Kirkland partner in Houston who is a member of the firm’s global management committee. ”We just want the best in tax.”