By Mark Curriden – (July 11) – Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis made it official Wednesday. It is opening an office in Dallas. To staff its North Texas operation, Kirkland has hired nine corporate transactional lawyers from four elite law firms – Jones Day, Vinson & Elkins, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Winston & Strawn – and one accounting firm, KPMG.
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