Willkie Farr & Gallagher has bolstered its private equity practice by adding Kirkland & Ellis partner Kirk Radke as a partner in its New York office. Radke, 55, is a senior partner in Kirkland’s New York office and a leading attorney in the private equity sector. He joined Kirkland as an associate in Chicago in 1984 and moved to New York as a partner when the firm launched there in 1990. Radke’s roster of private equity clients includes Apax Partners, Avista Capital Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners.
“The increasingly complex and sophisticated nature of the private equity environment requires an integrated and focused approach in order to help clients gain a competitive advantage,” Radke said in a statement. “Willkie’s deep experience, market credibility, and integrated approach to private equity deal making, regulation and fund formation provides that advantage.”
