Bloomberg Law
Nov. 21, 2019, 6:46 PM UTCUpdated: Nov. 21, 2019, 10:02 PM UTC

Akin Gump Lands Kirkland Private Equity Partner in NYC (1)

Meghan Tribe
Meghan Tribe
Reporter

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has added Kirkland & Ellis partner Elazar Guttman to its growing private equity practice.

Guttman, who will join Akin Gump’s New York office, works with private equity firms and their portfolio companies on an array of domestic and cross-border leveraged buyouts and other complex business transactions. These include acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financings, and restructurings.

He said he primarily focuses on middle market private equity work.

Guttman first joined Kirkland in 2002 upon graduating from law school. In 2008 he became a partner in its corporate practice in New York.

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