Bloomberg Law
June 3, 2019, 7:05 PM UTCUpdated: June 3, 2019, 9:04 PM UTC

Kirkland & Ellis Grows Energy Group with Simpson Thacher Lawyer (1)

Roy Strom
Roy Strom
Reporter

Kirkland & Ellis has hired Rustin Brown from rival Simpson Thacher & Bartlett to bolster the firm’s growing energy and infrastructure projects practice in Washington.

The hire marks Kirkland’s ninth partner added in the past year to its energy and infrastructure projects practice. The firm turned its eye toward building that group starting in early 2018 with the hires of Rohit Chaudhry, former global head of projects at Norton Rose Fulbright, and Roald Nashi, another former Simpson Thacher lawyer.

Kirkland now has more than 35 lawyers working in its energy and project infrastructure practice. Chaudhry said in February that the ...

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