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UK: Kirkland & Ellis hires Linklaters competition head

By  |  May 3, 2015

Kirkland & Ellis has turned to Linklaters for the second time this year and taken another leading partner with the hire of UK competition chief Paula Riedel.

Riedel specialises in UK, European Commission and multi-national merger control and has built her practice around the mining, energy and financial services sectors. As well as Elliott, she will also link up with another Linklaters alumni, Stephen Lucas, who joined the firm in a big money move in May 2014.

Her departure follows a string of senior exits from Linklaters to US firms this year, with the firm’s global energy co-head Matthew Hagopian and partner Manzer Ijaz leaving for Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy also in February.

“As one of the leading antitrust lawyers in Europe, we are delighted that Paula is joining our firm,” said Jeffrey Hammes, chairman of Kirkland. “Her arrival will strengthen our successful global M&A antitrust practice.”

 

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