Kirkland Picks Up Five Partners From Ropes & Gray

In a boost to its global investigations and enforcement practice, Kirkland & Ellis announced the hire of five new partners, all from Ropes & Gray and located around the globe.

The hires reunite Kirkland with two of its former lawyers -- Asheesh Goel, 44, who departed in 2008 to help launch Ropes & Gray’s Chicago office and later acted as the managing partner of that office; and, Zachary Brez, 45, who departed in 2010 to join Ropes in New York.

Both Goel and Brez spent time working as enforcement lawyers at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Goel served as branch ...