The much-trailed recruitment by Kirkland & Ellis of Linklaters' City private equity team surely signals the high-water mark for the traditional buy-out lawyer, coming weeks after similar appointments at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Allen & Overy. Who would have predicted years back that this breed of corporate lawyer, having emerged little noticed in the 1980s, would end up in such demand?
April 05, 2006 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Linklaters’ failure to integrate its buy-out team shows it takes more than money to crack private equity
The much-trailed recruitment by Kirkland & Ellis of Linklaters’ City private equity team surely signals the high-water mark for the traditional buy-out lawyer, coming weeks after similar appointments at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Allen & Overy.
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