Kirkland & Ellis’ lateral hire-fueled expansion spree has continued with the firm’s recruitment of Ranesh Ramanathan, a longtime deputy general counsel at buyout giant Bain Capital LP, to beef up a rapidly expanding Boston office.

Ramanathan most recently served as general counsel at Bain Capital Credit, the fixed-income affiliate of the Boston-based global investment firm. He has now joined Kirkland as a corporate partner in Boston, where the firm set up shop a year ago this month in the city’s Bay Back neighborhood.