It usually doesn’t go this way. A partner at one of the world’s largest and richest law firms leaving for a smaller specialty operation. But Christine Payne, a litigation partner and 13-year veteran of Kirkland & Ellis, has switched gears and taken a role as a partner at Redgrave.

Payne, who co-chaired Kirkland’s e-discovery committee, will be working out of Redgrave’s Chicago office.