After one year at Milbank, the firm’s head of complex securitization is slated to relocate his practice to Kirkland & Ellis, three people familiar with the move confirmed Thursday.

Incoming Kirkland partner Michael Urschel, who joined Milbank last April with a 10-lawyer group from King & Spalding, is expected to play a leadership role in his new firm’s expansion of its securitization practice, serving private equity and other sponsors looking to raise capital through complex securitization transactions, according to the people, who requested anonymity to maintain relationships with the firms.