A Kirkland & Ellis London tax partner will leave the U.S. firm to join alternative asset manager Intermediate Capital Group (ICG).

Mark Ingram, who is set to join ICG in August, joined Kirkland as an associate at the beginning of 2015 from Allen & Overy. He made partner in 2017 and started his career at Pinsent Masons.

Two people familiar with the matter said he was making the move and he is no longer listed on the firm's website. Ingram did not respond to requests for comment.

At Kirkland, his practice focused on U.K. and international tax planning and tax-related advice regarding cross-border private equity and M&A transactions and private fund structuring.

ICG provides private debt, equity and credit through third-party funds, which have a value of more than €37 billion ($41.6 billion).

Other recent departures from Kirkland's London base include private equity partners Gavin Gordon and David Arnold, who quit the firm in May to join Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

Kirkland brought Weil Gotshal & Manges tax partner David Irvine onboard at the beginning of the year, hot on the heels of the firm's hire of private equity heavyweight Adrian Maguire from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Last year, Kirkland hired Allen & Overy partner Nicola Dagg in 2018 to launch an intellectual property (IP) practice. Three more A&O IP lawyers made the same move across to the U.S. firm a few months later.