LinklatersKirkland Hong Kong Banking Star Returns to Linklaters in London
The partner had been based out of Kirkland's Hong Kong office for half a decade.
June 26, 2020 at 05:49 AM
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Linklaters has hired former partner and banking star David Irvine from Kirkland & Ellis, who re-joins the firm after leaving in 2015.
Irvine is set to rejoin Linklaters in London after a five-year stint in Kirkland's Hong Kong debt team.
He first joined Linklaters as a banking associate in 2001 and spent seven years with the London team before being promoted to partnership in Hong Kong in 2008.
He is the second Kirkland & Ellis partner to return to Linklaters in recent months, following the arrival of tax partner Chris Smale earlier in 2020, who had previously been a managing associate at Linklaters.
In a statement, Davide Mencacci, global head of banking at Linklaters said: ''David will be a strategic addition to our global banking practice which has advised on some of the most complex and globally significant transactions in recent years.
With David on board, we look forward to growing our London banking practice even further."
For Linklaters, Irvine's hire is the latest from U.S. rivals. The firm has hired two partners, Michael Leicht and Colin Chang from the French and German practices of White & Case so far in 2020.
Meanwhile at Kirkland, Irvine's departure adds to June's partner losses, after restructuring partner Matthew Czyzyk joined Ropes & Gray.
Irwine's move is also the latest lateral in the Hong Kong market, following the departures of Michael Jacobs and Alex Tao from Allen & Overy in June. Jacobs is set to join Herbert Smith Freehills in London whilst Tao is joining Milbank.
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